CAU vs. SYS1, PEBB, TMMG, NAH, EBQ, TMG, DNM, SBDS, OOUT, and R4E
Should you be buying Centaur Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centaur Media include System1 Group (SYS1), The Pebble Group (PEBB), The Mission Marketing Group (TMMG), NAHL Group (NAH), Ebiquity (EBQ), The Mission Group (TMG), Dianomi (DNM), Silver Bullet Data Services Group (SBDS), Ocean Outdoor (OOUT), and reach4entertainment enterprises plc (R4E.L) (R4E). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.
Centaur Media vs.
Centaur Media (LON:CAU) and System1 Group (LON:SYS1) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Centaur Media had 2 more articles in the media than System1 Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Centaur Media and 0 mentions for System1 Group. System1 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Centaur Media's score of -0.24 indicating that System1 Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centaur Media received 322 more outperform votes than System1 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave Centaur Media an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave System1 Group an outperform vote.
Centaur Media pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. System1 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Centaur Media pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. System1 Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Centaur Media has a net margin of 11.76% compared to System1 Group's net margin of 6.77%. System1 Group's return on equity of 20.43% beat Centaur Media's return on equity.
System1 Group has a consensus target price of GBX 852.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.75%. Given System1 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe System1 Group is more favorable than Centaur Media.
75.0% of Centaur Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of System1 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Centaur Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of System1 Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Centaur Media has higher revenue and earnings than System1 Group. Centaur Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than System1 Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Centaur Media has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, System1 Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
System1 Group beats Centaur Media on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CAU) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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