Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP) Competitors

Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (LON:GMP) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate NFG or GMP?

Next 15 Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 660, suggesting a potential upside of 183.26%. Given Next 15 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next 15 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NFG or GMP?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Next 15 Group. Next 15 Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust, 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
Next 15 Group	£741.75M	0.32	£61.44M	£60.87	3.83
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	£540.33M	0.15	£300.49M	£0.29	27.51

Is NFG or GMP a better dividend stock?

Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Next 15 Group pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays out 165.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Next 15 Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NFG or GMP?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust received 10 more outperform votes than Next 15 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Next 15 Group	Outperform Votes 14 93.33%	Underperform Votes 1 6.67%
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	Outperform Votes 24 63.16%	Underperform Votes 14 36.84%

Is NFG or GMP more profitable?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has a net margin of 55.61% compared to Next 15 Group's net margin of 8.28%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 37.44% beat Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next 15 Group	8.28%	37.44%	9.17%
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	55.61%	2.87%	N/A

Does the media refer more to NFG or GMP?

In the previous week, Next 15 Group had 7 more articles in the media than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Next 15 Group and 0 mentions for Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Next 15 Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Next 15 Group	Neutral
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NFG or GMP?

68.0% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.7% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Next 15 Group beats Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.