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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.

Is ARBB or YOU more profitable?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 17.22% compared to YouGov's net margin of 8.41%. YouGov's return on equity of 14.24% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arbuthnot Banking Group	17.22%	12.42%	0.75%
YouGov	8.41%	14.24%	4.89%

Do analysts recommend ARBB or YOU?

YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 135.68%. 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

Does the media favor ARBB or YOU?

In the previous week, YouGov had 13 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for YouGov and 1 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. YouGov's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's score of -0.98 indicating that YouGov is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arbuthnot Banking Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
YouGov	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARBB or YOU?

YouGov received 88 more outperform votes than Arbuthnot Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.47% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arbuthnot Banking Group	Outperform Votes 136 56.90%	Underperform Votes 103 43.10%
YouGov	Outperform Votes 224 67.47%	Underperform Votes 108 32.53%

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 5.4%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. 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. Arbuthnot Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARBB or YOU?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YouGov. Arbuthnot Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YouGov, 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	£179.17M	0.78	£30.85M	£1.88	461.33
YouGov	£270M	1.66	£22.70M	£0.20	1,920.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

YouGov beats Arbuthnot Banking Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.