BPT vs. MRO, GPOR, TTE, KOS, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, and MUR
Should you be buying Bridgepoint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), TotalEnergies (TTE), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), and Murgitroyd Group (MUR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Bridgepoint Group vs.
Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgepoint Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 334, suggesting a potential downside of 7.48%. Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 17.30%. Given Melrose Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Bridgepoint Group.
In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group and Bridgepoint Group both had 1 articles in the media. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 11,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Melrose Industries pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 19.18% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 8.85% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Melrose Industries received 992 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.57% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 78.57% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats Melrose Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BPT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
