Bridgepoint Group (BPT) Competitors

GBX 235.63
-0.57 (-0.24%)
(As of 05/17/2024 07:35 PM ET)

BPT vs. CLDN, MRC, WWH, TEM, JAM, HVPE, PNL, FEV, WTAN, and RAT

Should you be buying Bridgepoint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Group include Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Mercantile (MRC), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), JPMorgan American (JAM), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), and Rathbones Group (RAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Bridgepoint Group vs.

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Caledonia Investments received 133 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bridgepoint GroupOutperform Votes
9
75.00%
Underperform Votes
3
25.00%
Caledonia InvestmentsOutperform Votes
142
60.94%
Underperform Votes
91
39.06%

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caledonia Investments pays out 2,969.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 75.54% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 21.98%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 9.47% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group21.98% 9.47% 3.78%
Caledonia Investments 75.54%4.47%2.93%

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bridgepoint Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 249.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.17%. Given Bridgepoint Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Caledonia Investments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Caledonia Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Caledonia Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caledonia Investments and 1 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Caledonia Investments' score of -0.83 indicating that Bridgepoint Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Caledonia Investments
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

21.5% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 26.8% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Caledonia Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgepoint Group. Caledonia Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bridgepoint Group£321.60M5.80£70.70M£0.092,611.11
Caledonia Investments£167.60M11.22£126.60M£2.291,510.92

Summary

Bridgepoint Group beats Caledonia Investments on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BPT vs. The Competition

MetricBridgepoint GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.87B£872.03M£3.14B£1.75B
Dividend Yield3.38%5.16%4.53%6.67%
P/E Ratio2,611.11965.00463.261,997.64
Price / Sales5.801,832.092,086.25387,546.08
Price / Cash6.5760.7150.4626.83
Price / Book2.581.811.552.97
Net Income£70.70M£51.91M£338.26M£173.18M
7 Day Performance1.73%0.56%0.86%0.82%
1 Month Performance2.41%3.93%16.61%29.13%
1 Year Performance6.43%5.77%16.95%11.67%

Bridgepoint Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
0 of 5 stars
GBX 3,460
-1.0%
N/A-3.1%£1.88B£167.60M1,510.9274News Coverage
Gap Up
MRC
Mercantile
0 of 5 stars
GBX 237
+0.2%
N/A+17.2%£1.84B£97.69M2,370.002,600Gap Up
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
0 of 5 stars
GBX 349
-0.1%
N/A-89.4%£1.88B£-56,290,000.00-2,326.67N/A
TEM
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 164.60
+0.6%
N/A+11.6%£1.83B£200.31M1,175.71N/A
JAM
JPMorgan American
0 of 5 stars
GBX 982
-0.3%
N/A+34.6%£1.79B£191.56M991.92N/A
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
0 of 5 stars
GBX 2,280
-0.4%
N/A+3.9%£1.75B£171.22M-3,402.99N/A
PNL
Personal Assets Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 488
flat
N/A+2.6%£1.69B£-3,020,000.009,760.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
FEV
Fidelity European Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 407.50
+0.4%
N/A+13.6%£1.67B£263.57M702.59N/APositive News
WTAN
Witan Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 267
+0.8%
N/A+15.0%£1.62B£207.95M953.576Positive News
RAT
Rathbones Group
0.6574 of 5 stars
GBX 1,772
flat
GBX 1,520
-14.2%
-10.8%£1.61B£676.20M3,474.513,500High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:BPT) was last updated on 5/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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