FERG vs. DPLM, RS1, GFTU, SHI, BRCK, LORD, FLO, BMTO, BMT, and SLNG
Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), Grafton Group (GFTU), SIG (SHI), Brickability Group (BRCK), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), Braime Group (BMT), and H C Slingsby (SLNG). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
Diploma (LON:DPLM) and Ferguson (LON:FERG) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Diploma has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Diploma's net margin of 6.00%. Diploma's return on equity of 34.72% beat Ferguson's return on equity.
Ferguson received 56 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote while only 61.95% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 10 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ferguson and 1 mentions for Diploma. Ferguson's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Diploma's score of -0.03 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diploma presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,950, indicating a potential downside of 3.47%. Ferguson has a consensus price target of £105.70, indicating a potential downside of 33.52%. Given Ferguson's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diploma is more favorable than Ferguson.
Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of GBX 252 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Diploma pays out 6,705.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ferguson pays out 3,711.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ferguson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
78.6% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Diploma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ferguson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ferguson beats Diploma on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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