MKS vs. ALY, IHG, NXT, SKG, JD, BKG, WTB, TW, SMDS, and HWDN
Should you be buying Marks and Spencer Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks and Spencer Group include Laura Ashley (ALY), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), JD Sports Fashion (JD), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Whitbread (WTB), Taylor Wimpey (TW), DS Smith (SMDS), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN).
Marks and Spencer Group (LON:MKS) and Laura Ashley (LON:ALY) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Marks and Spencer Group has higher revenue and earnings than Laura Ashley. Laura Ashley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks and Spencer Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marks and Spencer Group has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Laura Ashley's net margin of 0.00%. Marks and Spencer Group's return on equity of 13.81% beat Laura Ashley's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marks and Spencer Group had 8 more articles in the media than Laura Ashley. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Marks and Spencer Group and 2 mentions for Laura Ashley. Marks and Spencer Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Laura Ashley's score of 0.05 indicating that Marks and Spencer Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marks and Spencer Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 322.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. Given Marks and Spencer Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marks and Spencer Group is more favorable than Laura Ashley.
Marks and Spencer Group received 952 more outperform votes than Laura Ashley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.10% of users gave Laura Ashley an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave Marks and Spencer Group an outperform vote.
51.2% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Marks and Spencer Group beats Laura Ashley on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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