MRK vs. BWNG, G4M, SOS, MUL, SDG, CCT, TPT, TENG, SHOE, and CFX
Should you be buying Marks Electrical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks Electrical Group include N Brown Group (BWNG), Gear4music (G4M), Sosandar (SOS), Mulberry Group (MUL), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), The Character Group (CCT), Topps Tiles (TPT), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Shoe Zone (SHOE), and Colefax Group (CFX). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Marks Electrical Group (LON:MRK) and N Brown Group (LON:BWNG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Marks Electrical Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than N Brown Group. N Brown Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks Electrical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marks Electrical Group has a net margin of 3.96% compared to N Brown Group's net margin of -9.25%. Marks Electrical Group's return on equity of 34.60% beat N Brown Group's return on equity.
Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. N Brown Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 49.0%. Marks Electrical Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. N Brown Group pays out -5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. N Brown Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
10.9% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.1% of N Brown Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.0% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of N Brown Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marks Electrical Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 111.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.19%. Given Marks Electrical Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than N Brown Group.
In the previous week, Marks Electrical Group and Marks Electrical Group both had 1 articles in the media. N Brown Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Marks Electrical Group's score of 0.59 indicating that N Brown Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marks Electrical Group has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N Brown Group has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
N Brown Group received 331 more outperform votes than Marks Electrical Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.19% of users gave Marks Electrical Group an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave N Brown Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Marks Electrical Group beats N Brown Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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