FOUR vs. YOU, NFG, NFC, ASCL, TRS, HNT, NEXN, SFOR, TRMR, and SAA
Should you be buying 4imprint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 4imprint Group include YouGov (YOU), Next 15 Group (NFG), Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Ascential (ASCL), Tarsus Group (TRS), Huntsworth (HNT), Nexxen International (NEXN), S4 Capital (SFOR), Tremor International (TRMR), and M&C Saatchi (SAA). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.
YouGov (LON:YOU) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than YouGov. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YouGov, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, YouGov had 1 more articles in the media than 4imprint Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for YouGov and 6 mentions for 4imprint Group. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat YouGov's score of 0.15 indicating that YouGov is being referred to more favorably in the media.
YouGov presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,350, indicating a potential upside of 37.47%. 4imprint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 13.48%. Given 4imprint Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than 4imprint Group.
YouGov has a net margin of 8.41% compared to YouGov's net margin of 8.01%. YouGov's return on equity of 77.32% beat 4imprint Group's return on equity.
YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 168 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. YouGov pays out 4,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
4imprint Group received 94 more outperform votes than YouGov when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.64% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.
YouGov has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.8% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of YouGov shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
4imprint Group beats YouGov on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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