Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB) Competitors

Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARBB or YOU?

20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ARBB or YOU?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ARBB or YOU?

In the previous week, YouGov had 14 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for YouGov and 3 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat YouGov's score of 0.17 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arbuthnot Banking Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
YouGov	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ARBB or YOU a better dividend stock?

Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YouGov pays out -458.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARBB or YOU?

YouGov received 89 more outperform votes than Arbuthnot Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arbuthnot Banking Group	Outperform Votes 136 56.67%	Underperform Votes 104 43.33%
YouGov	Outperform Votes 225 67.57%	Underperform Votes 108 32.43%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ARBB or YOU?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbuthnot Banking Group, 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
Arbuthnot Banking Group	£239.83M	0.63	£30.60M	£189.02	4.92
YouGov	£335.28M	1.39	-£2.30M	-£1.96	-203.34

Is ARBB or YOU more profitable?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity of 12.11% beat YouGov's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arbuthnot Banking Group	12.76%	12.11%	0.75%
YouGov	-0.69%	-1.23%	4.89%

Do analysts recommend ARBB or YOU?

YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 880, indicating a potential upside of 120.55%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arbuthnot Banking Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
YouGov	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

YouGov beats Arbuthnot Banking Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.