Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB) Competitors

Dr. Martens (LON:DOCS) and Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DOCS or ARBB?

69.5% of Dr. Martens shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Dr. Martens shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, DOCS or ARBB?

Dr. Martens has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DOCS or ARBB?

Dr. Martens has higher revenue and earnings than Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dr. Martens, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dr. Martens	£874.20M	0.58	£68.97M	£7.05	7.37
Arbuthnot Banking Group	£239.83M	0.61	£30.60M	£189.02	4.75

Is DOCS or ARBB a better dividend stock?

Dr. Martens pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Dr. Martens pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is DOCS or ARBB more profitable?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Dr. Martens' net margin of 7.89%. Dr. Martens' return on equity of 18.91% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dr. Martens	7.89%	18.91%	8.12%
Arbuthnot Banking Group	12.76%	12.11%	0.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DOCS or ARBB?

Arbuthnot Banking Group received 125 more outperform votes than Dr. Martens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Dr. Martens an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dr. Martens	Outperform Votes 11 91.67%	Underperform Votes 1 8.33%
Arbuthnot Banking Group	Outperform Votes 136 56.67%	Underperform Votes 104 43.33%

Does the media refer more to DOCS or ARBB?

In the previous week, Arbuthnot Banking Group had 3 more articles in the media than Dr. Martens. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group and 3 mentions for Dr. Martens. Dr. Martens' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's score of 1.22 indicating that Dr. Martens is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dr. Martens	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arbuthnot Banking Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Dr. Martens beats Arbuthnot Banking Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.