PEBB vs. EBQ, CAU, SYS1, NAH, SAA, SFOR, NEXN, DEVO, FDEV, and STVG
Should you be buying The Pebble Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pebble Group include Ebiquity (EBQ), Centaur Media (CAU), System1 Group (SYS1), NAHL Group (NAH), M&C Saatchi (SAA), S4 Capital (SFOR), Nexxen International (NEXN), Devolver Digital (DEVO), Frontier Developments (FDEV), and STV Group (STVG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
The Pebble Group (LON:PEBB) and Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
86.0% of The Pebble Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Ebiquity shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of The Pebble Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Ebiquity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Pebble Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ebiquity has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Pebble Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 151.33, suggesting a potential upside of 138.32%. Given The Pebble Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Pebble Group is more favorable than Ebiquity.
In the previous week, Ebiquity had 2 more articles in the media than The Pebble Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ebiquity and 0 mentions for The Pebble Group. The Pebble Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ebiquity's score of -0.04 indicating that The Pebble Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Pebble Group has a net margin of 4.67% compared to Ebiquity's net margin of -4.37%. The Pebble Group's return on equity of 6.66% beat Ebiquity's return on equity.
The Pebble Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ebiquity. Ebiquity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pebble Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ebiquity received 199 more outperform votes than The Pebble Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.47% of users gave The Pebble Group an outperform vote while only 72.36% of users gave Ebiquity an outperform vote.
The Pebble Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ebiquity pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. The Pebble 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. Ebiquity pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ebiquity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
The Pebble Group beats Ebiquity on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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