MUL vs. BWNG, MRK, SDG, TENG, CCT, TPT, DPP, HRN, CFX, and AURR
Should you be buying Mulberry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mulberry Group include N Brown Group (BWNG), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), The Character Group (CCT), Topps Tiles (TPT), DP Poland (DPP), Hornby (HRN), Colefax Group (CFX), and Aurrigo International (AURR). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
N Brown Group (LON:BWNG) and Mulberry Group (LON:MUL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
N Brown Group received 190 more outperform votes than Mulberry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.55% of users gave Mulberry Group an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave N Brown Group an outperform vote.
4.1% of N Brown Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Mulberry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 91.8% of N Brown Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 94.6% of Mulberry Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
N Brown Group has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mulberry Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mulberry Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than N Brown Group. N Brown Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mulberry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mulberry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled N Brown Group'saverage media sentiment score.
N Brown Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 46.6%. Mulberry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. N Brown Group pays out -5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mulberry Group pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. N Brown Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mulberry Group has a net margin of 2.24% compared to Mulberry Group's net margin of -9.25%. N Brown Group's return on equity of 6.06% beat Mulberry Group's return on equity.
Summary
Mulberry Group beats N Brown Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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