NOAH vs. BSIG, BRDG, ABL, BBDC, FDUS, VINP, ALTI, DHIL, VALU, and SAR
Should you be buying Noah stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noah include BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Abacus Life (ABL), Barings BDC (BBDC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), AlTi Global (ALTI), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Value Line (VALU), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Noah (NYSE:NOAH) and BrightSphere Investment Group (NYSE:BSIG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
42.7% of Noah shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Noah shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Noah has a net margin of 33.36% compared to BrightSphere Investment Group's net margin of 15.53%. BrightSphere Investment Group's return on equity of 438.16% beat Noah's return on equity.
Noah has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BrightSphere Investment Group. Noah is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSphere Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Noah has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSphere Investment Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BrightSphere Investment Group had 8 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BrightSphere Investment Group and 1 mentions for Noah. BrightSphere Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Noah's score of 0.59 indicating that BrightSphere Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Noah pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. BrightSphere Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Noah pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSphere Investment Group pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Noah presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.77%. BrightSphere Investment Group has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Noah's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Noah is more favorable than BrightSphere Investment Group.
Noah received 106 more outperform votes than BrightSphere Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.09% of users gave Noah an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave BrightSphere Investment Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Noah beats BrightSphere Investment Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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