MOTR vs. VTU, PINE, WJG, CHH, SPR, GMR, HEAD, DPP, YNGN, and ULTP
Should you be buying Motorpoint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Motorpoint Group include Vertu Motors (VTU), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Watkin Jones (WJG), Churchill China (CHH), Springfield Properties (SPR), Gaming Realms (GMR), Headlam Group (HEAD), DP Poland (DPP), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and Ultimate Products (ULTP). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Motorpoint Group (LON:MOTR) and Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Motorpoint Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertu Motors has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vertu Motors has higher revenue and earnings than Motorpoint Group. Motorpoint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertu Motors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vertu Motors had 1 more articles in the media than Motorpoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vertu Motors and 0 mentions for Motorpoint Group. Motorpoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vertu Motors'average media sentiment score.
Motorpoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Vertu Motors pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Motorpoint Group pays out -7,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vertu Motors pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Motorpoint Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
45.4% of Motorpoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Vertu Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Motorpoint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.2% of Vertu Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vertu Motors has a net margin of 0.60% compared to Motorpoint Group's net margin of -0.52%. Vertu Motors' return on equity of 7.60% beat Motorpoint Group's return on equity.
Vertu Motors received 262 more outperform votes than Motorpoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.30% of users gave Vertu Motors an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Motorpoint Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Vertu Motors beats Motorpoint Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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