N Brown Group (BWNG) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, BWNG or THG?

N Brown Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
N Brown Group	£581.10M	0.32	£2.50M	£0.01	3,970.00
THG	£2.01B	0.31	-£236.52M	-£0.17	-240.71

Which has more risk and volatility, BWNG or THG?

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

Do analysts recommend BWNG or THG?

THG has a consensus price target of GBX 69, suggesting a potential upside of 68.62%. Given THG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe THG is more favorable than N Brown Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N Brown Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
THG	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is BWNG or THG 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
N Brown Group	0.43%	0.66%	2.32%
THG	-11.77%	-22.84%	-2.68%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BWNG or THG?

3.4% of N Brown Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of THG shares are held by institutional investors. 93.2% of N Brown Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of THG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BWNG or THG?

In the previous week, THG had 3 more articles in the media than N Brown Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for THG and 1 mentions for N Brown Group. N Brown Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat THG's score of 0.14 indicating that N Brown Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
N Brown Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
THG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BWNG or THG?

N Brown Group received 314 more outperform votes than THG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave THG an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave N Brown Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
N Brown Group	Outperform Votes 347 53.72%	Underperform Votes 299 46.28%
THG	Outperform Votes 33 57.89%	Underperform Votes 24 42.11%

Summary

N Brown Group beats THG on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.