VNET vs. MIND, CTG, REAT, CPP, RBGP, WATR, DSW, SFT, INSE, and KGH
Should you be buying Vianet Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vianet Group include Mind Gym (MIND), Christie Group (CTG), REACT Group (REAT), CPPGroup (CPP), RBG (RBGP), Water Intelligence (WATR), DSW Capital (DSW), Software Circle (SFT), Inspired (INSE), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Mind Gym (LON:MIND) and Vianet Group (LON:VNET) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Mind Gym has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vianet Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mind Gym pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Mind Gym pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Vianet Group has a net margin of 0.47% compared to Vianet Group's net margin of -18.87%. Mind Gym's return on equity of 0.26% beat Vianet Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mind Gym had 13 more articles in the media than Vianet Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mind Gym and 0 mentions for Vianet Group. Vianet Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Mind Gym's score of 0.00 indicating that Mind Gym is being referred to more favorably in the media.
31.9% of Mind Gym shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Vianet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 67.2% of Mind Gym shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Vianet Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vianet Group received 82 more outperform votes than Mind Gym when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.34% of users gave Mind Gym an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave Vianet Group an outperform vote.
Vianet Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mind Gym.
Summary
Vianet Group beats Mind Gym on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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