VOD vs. INF, WPP, AUTO, PSON, AAF, ZEG, GAMA, HTWS, MAI, and BBB
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include Informa (INF), WPP (WPP), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Pearson (PSON), Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), Maintel (MAI), and Bigblu Broadband (BBB). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Informa (LON:INF) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Vodafone Group Public received 1709 more outperform votes than Informa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave Informa an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 6 more articles in the media than Informa. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 6 mentions for Informa. Informa's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.26 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Informa. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Informa pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Informa pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public 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. Vodafone Group Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Informa presently has a consensus target price of GBX 865.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of GBX 98.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.49%. Given Informa's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Informa.
79.0% of Informa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Informa shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Informa has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public has a net margin of 23.59% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 13.14%. Informa's return on equity of 18.40% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats Informa on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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