N Brown Group (BWNG) Competitors

THG (LON:THG) and N Brown Group (LON:BWNG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, THG or BWNG?

THG has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N Brown Group has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer THG or BWNG?

THG presently has a consensus target price of GBX 64.25, indicating a potential upside of 63.28%. Given THG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe THG is more favorable than N Brown Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
THG	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
N Brown Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in THG or BWNG?

31.4% of THG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of N Brown Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of THG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 93.2% of N Brown Group shares are owned 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.

Does the media refer more to THG or BWNG?

In the previous week, THG had 1 more articles in the media than N Brown Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for THG and 1 mentions for N Brown Group. THG's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat N Brown Group's score of 0.00 indicating that THG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
THG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
N Brown Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, THG or BWNG?

N Brown Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than THG. THG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N Brown 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
THG	£2.01B	0.30	-£236.52M	-£0.17	-231.47
N Brown Group	£581.10M	0.31	£2.50M	£0.01	3,920.30

Is THG or BWNG more profitable?

N Brown Group has a net margin of 0.43% compared to THG's net margin of -11.77%. N Brown Group's return on equity of 0.66% beat THG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
THG	-11.77%	-22.84%	-2.68%
N Brown Group	0.43%	0.66%	2.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor THG or BWNG?

N Brown Group received 314 more outperform votes than THG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.93% of users gave THG an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave N Brown Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
THG	Outperform Votes 33 58.93%	Underperform Votes 23 41.07%
N Brown Group	Outperform Votes 347 53.72%	Underperform Votes 299 46.28%

Summary

THG and N Brown Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.