PAG vs. OSB, MAB1, QLT, BOCH, RAT, PIN, MYI, WTAN, LRE, and FEV
Should you be buying Paragon Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paragon Banking Group include OSB Group (OSB), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), Quilter (QLT), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Rathbones Group (RAT), Pantheon International (PIN), Murray International (MYI), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Lancashire (LRE), and Fidelity European Trust (FEV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
OSB Group (LON:OSB) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Paragon Banking Group received 251 more outperform votes than OSB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.79% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 75.19% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. OSB Group pays out 4,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group pays out 5,606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.0% of OSB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of OSB Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OSB Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OSB Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 84.82%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 696.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.19%. Given Paragon Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
OSB Group has a net margin of 46.36% compared to OSB Group's net margin of 39.13%. Paragon Banking Group's return on equity of 13.01% beat OSB Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Paragon Banking Group and 0 mentions for OSB Group. OSB Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Paragon Banking Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
OSB Group beats Paragon Banking Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Paragon Banking Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PAG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PAG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Paragon Banking Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
