MAB1 vs. OSB, PAG, LINV, OMU, CLDN, MRC, WWH, HVPE, BPT, and PLUS
Should you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include OSB Group (OSB), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), LendInvest (LINV), Old Mutual (OMU), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Plus500 (PLUS). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) and OSB Group (LON:OSB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 11,666.7% 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 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. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
OSB Group has a net margin of 46.36% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 5.68%. Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity of 16.63% beat OSB Group's return on equity.
OSB Group has a consensus price target of GBX 746.67, suggesting a potential upside of 60.21%. Given OSB Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Mortgage Advice Bureau.
OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mortgage Advice Bureau. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mortgage Advice Bureau, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mortgage Advice Bureau had 1 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau and 0 mentions for OSB Group. OSB Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Mortgage Advice Bureau's score of 0.00 indicating that OSB Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.1% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of OSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of OSB Group shares are held 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.
OSB Group received 242 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.71% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote while only 75.23% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSB Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSB Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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