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City of London (CTY) Competitors

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GBX 494.50 -1.50 (-0.30%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

CTY vs. DPLM, HWDN, DPH, IGG, GNS, SMWH, CAR, PRP, AUK, and STG

Should you be buying City of London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City of London include Diploma (DPLM), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), Genus (GNS), WH Smith (SMWH), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), and Strip Tinning (STG). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

City of London vs. Its Competitors

City of London (LON:CTY) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both mid-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

City of London has a net margin of 95.77% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. City of London's return on equity of 14.45% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
City of London95.77% 14.45% 4.00%
Diploma 9.25%13.18%8.32%

City of London has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diploma. City of London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
City of London£307.08M7.96£294.08M£59.408.32
Diploma£1.25B5.72£115.40M£87.0061.50

City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. City of London pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diploma pays out 65.5% 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. City of London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

8.6% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diploma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

City of London has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, City of London and City of London both had 3 articles in the media. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat City of London's score of -0.16 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
City of London
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Diploma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Diploma has a consensus price target of GBX 5,092.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.81%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than City of London.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
City of London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Diploma
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Diploma beats City of London on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CTY vs. The Competition

MetricCity of LondonAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.44B£1.29B£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend Yield0.05%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio8.3222.3714.04176.75
Price / Sales7.962,540.331,848.52264,362.45
Price / CashN/A60.70127.5327.97
Price / Book1.181.452.244.53
Net Income£294.08M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.70%-0.46%6.06%12.58%
1 Month Performance2.06%0.52%1.81%6.10%
1 Year Performance14.60%6.39%19.31%71.60%

City of London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 494.50
-0.3%
N/A+11.9%£2.44B£307.08M8.32N/ADividend Announcement
DPLM
Diploma
1.0647 of 5 stars
GBX 5,289.68
+1.0%
GBX 5,092.50
-3.7%
+22.1%£7.06B£1.25B60.803,500Dividend Increase
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
2.6562 of 5 stars
GBX 894.50
-0.7%
GBX 962.25
+7.6%
-7.3%£4.88B£2.34B19.1712,000Positive News
Gap Up
DPH
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.40B£761.50M-15,464.002,457
IGG
IG Group
3.0587 of 5 stars
GBX 1,107.25
-0.6%
GBX 1,412.80
+27.6%
+20.6%£3.93B£913.00M7.382,754
GNS
Genus
0.5377 of 5 stars
GBX 2,510
+1.4%
GBX 2,650
+5.6%
+36.5%£1.64B£666.67M208.06480
SMWH
WH Smith
2.955 of 5 stars
GBX 1,051
-2.4%
GBX 1,430
+36.1%
-21.3%£1.35B£1.83B21.6814,935News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CAR
Carclo
N/AGBX 44.20
-7.1%
N/A+64.1%£32.45M£132.66M-9.841,059Gap Down
PRP
Prime People
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.15M£19.72M10.9813,100Gap Down
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down
STG
Strip Tinning
N/AGBX 27.78
+0.5%
N/A-34.0%£5.06M£10.09M-1.694,060

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This page (LON:CTY) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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