BEG vs. RWS, DWF, RST, CPI, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, KGH, SFT, and WATR
Should you be buying Begbies Traynor Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Begbies Traynor Group include RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Knights Group (KGH), Software Circle (SFT), and Water Intelligence (WATR). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Begbies Traynor Group vs.
RWS (LON:RWS) and Begbies Traynor Group (LON:BEG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Begbies Traynor Group has a consensus price target of GBX 158, suggesting a potential upside of 70.63%. Given Begbies Traynor Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Begbies Traynor Group is more favorable than RWS.
Begbies Traynor Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Begbies Traynor Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Begbies Traynor Group has a net margin of 1.06% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Begbies Traynor Group's return on equity of 1.78% beat RWS's return on equity.
In the previous week, RWS had 2 more articles in the media than Begbies Traynor Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RWS and 4 mentions for Begbies Traynor Group. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Begbies Traynor Group's score of 0.20 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Begbies Traynor Group received 19 more outperform votes than RWS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.64% of users gave Begbies Traynor Group an outperform vote while only 71.33% of users gave RWS an outperform vote.
69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Begbies Traynor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Begbies Traynor Group pays out 40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RWS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Begbies Traynor Group beats RWS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BEG) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
