ARBB vs. DOCS, YOU, WIX, CNIC, SST, API, SRAD, NET, GVP, and SLP
Should you be buying Arbuthnot Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbuthnot Banking Group include Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), Wickes Group (WIX), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), and Sylvania Platinum (SLP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Arbuthnot Banking Group vs.
Dr. Martens (LON:DOCS) and Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 17.22% compared to Dr. Martens' net margin of 7.89%. Dr. Martens' return on equity of 17.92% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.
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 57.14% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dr. Martens had 5 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dr. Martens and 1 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Dr. Martens' score of 0.40 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Dr. Martens pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Dr. Martens pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbuthnot Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Dr. Martens on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ARBB) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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