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GBX 217.50 +1.50 (+0.69%)
As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

GRI vs. SOPH, ITH, HCM, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, BMY, AMYT, and OGN

Should you be buying Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grainger include Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Ithaca Energy (ITH), HUTCHMED (HCM), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), and Origin Enterprises (OGN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Grainger vs.

Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (LON:SOPH) and Grainger (LON:GRI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Grainger has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.98%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Grainger
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) has higher revenue and earnings than Grainger. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)£726.90M0.00N/A£1.70N/A
Grainger£276.05M5.82-£1.11M-£0.15-1,450.00

In the previous week, Grainger had 1 more articles in the media than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L). Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grainger's score of -1.11 indicating that Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) Neutral
Grainger Negative

Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% 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. Grainger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

85.8% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Grainger received 246 more outperform votes than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.19% of users gave Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) an outperform vote while only 78.09% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)Outperform Votes
417
80.19%
Underperform Votes
103
19.81%
GraingerOutperform Votes
663
78.09%
Underperform Votes
186
21.91%

Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.40%. Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Grainger's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)N/A N/A N/A
Grainger -0.40%-0.06%2.14%

Summary

Grainger beats Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GRI vs. The Competition

MetricGraingerReal Estate Services IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.61B£1.53B£1.57B£2.55B
Dividend Yield3.53%5.01%6.69%4.80%
P/E Ratio-1,450.0020.109.40132.49
Price / Sales5.82225.35397.88241,309.84
Price / Cash19.2219.4867.5428.31
Price / Book0.841.951.214.53
Net Income-£1.11M-£411.39M-£117.30M£5.86B
7 Day Performance3.33%1.05%0.75%8.60%
1 Month Performance6.62%1.03%0.18%6.36%
1 Year Performance-16.02%0.60%3.53%103.29%

Grainger Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRI
Grainger
2.7436 of 5 stars
GBX 217.50
+0.7%
GBX 317.50
+46.0%
-14.4%£1.61B£276.05M-1,450.00372Dividend Increase
News Coverage
SOPH
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.99B£726.90M341.41520
ITH
Ithaca Energy
N/AGBX 139.80
+2.6%
N/A+14.8%£2.92B£3.55B15.96220Positive News
High Trading Volume
HCM
HUTCHMED
N/AGBX 220
-2.2%
N/A-26.2%£2.39B£771.01M-56.151,760News Coverage
Gap Down
INDV
Indivior
2.0863 of 5 stars
GBX 697
-1.1%
GBX 1,650
+136.7%
-41.8%£1.09B£1.40B-577.911,000News Coverage
Gap Down
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.4749 of 5 stars
GBX 585
+2.3%
GBX 825
+41.0%
+8.4%£472.05M£382.40M12.5234,300
AMYT
Amryt Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£457.11M£210.24M-4.33290Gap Down
OGN
Origin Enterprises
N/AGBX 3.10
+3.3%
N/AN/A£327.32M£183.08B8.9610,000Dividend Increase
Gap Up

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This page (LON:GRI) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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