Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA) Competitors

SSP Group (LON:SSPG) and Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts rate SSPG or FSTA?

SSP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 231.67, indicating a potential upside of 63.15%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Fuller, Smith & Turner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Fuller, Smith & Turner	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SSPG or FSTA?

Fuller, Smith & Turner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SSP Group. Fuller, Smith & Turner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSP 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
SSP Group	£3.21B	0.35	£7.61M	£0.95	148.83
Fuller, Smith & Turner	£330.76M	0.91	£8.38M	£15.19	36.20

Which has more volatility and risk, SSPG or FSTA?

SSP Group has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuller, Smith & Turner has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SSPG or FSTA a better dividend stock?

SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fuller, Smith & Turner pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. SSP Group pays out 209.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fuller, Smith & Turner pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fuller, Smith & Turner is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSPG or FSTA?

SSP Group received 272 more outperform votes than Fuller, Smith & Turner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.94% of users gave SSP Group an outperform vote while only 66.25% of users gave Fuller, Smith & Turner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SSP Group	Outperform Votes 535 68.94%	Underperform Votes 241 31.06%
Fuller, Smith & Turner	Outperform Votes 263 66.25%	Underperform Votes 134 33.75%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSPG or FSTA?

87.3% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of SSP Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by company 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.

Is SSPG or FSTA more profitable?

Fuller, Smith & Turner has a net margin of 2.53% compared to SSP Group's net margin of 0.24%. SSP Group's return on equity of 3.64% beat Fuller, Smith & Turner's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSP Group	0.24%	3.64%	4.71%
Fuller, Smith & Turner	2.53%	2.08%	3.12%

Does the media prefer SSPG or FSTA?

In the previous week, SSP Group and SSP Group both had 7 articles in the media. Fuller, Smith & Turner's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat SSP Group's score of 0.12 indicating that Fuller, Smith & Turner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SSP Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fuller, Smith & Turner	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SSP Group beats Fuller, Smith & Turner on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.