TUNE vs. GYM, HRN, CCT, BOWL, HSW, VCP, FSTA, MACF, MARS, and VTU
Should you be buying Focusrite stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Focusrite include The Gym Group (GYM), Hornby (HRN), The Character Group (CCT), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Victoria (VCP), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), Macfarlane Group (MACF), Marston's (MARS), and Vertu Motors (VTU). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Focusrite (LON:TUNE) and The Gym Group (LON:GYM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Focusrite pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Focusrite pays out 3,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Gym Group pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Focusrite currently has a consensus target price of GBX 410, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. The Gym Group has a consensus target price of GBX 121, suggesting a potential upside of 5.03%. Given Focusrite's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Focusrite is more favorable than The Gym Group.
Focusrite has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gym Group has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Focusrite has a net margin of 6.99% compared to The Gym Group's net margin of -4.12%. Focusrite's return on equity of 10.33% beat The Gym Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Gym Group had 1 more articles in the media than Focusrite. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Gym Group and 2 mentions for Focusrite. Focusrite's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat The Gym Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Focusrite is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Focusrite has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Gym Group. The Gym Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focusrite, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.4% of Focusrite shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of The Gym Group shares are held by institutional investors. 37.0% of Focusrite shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of The Gym Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Gym Group received 200 more outperform votes than Focusrite when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.65% of users gave Focusrite an outperform vote while only 78.90% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Focusrite beats The Gym Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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