GRI vs. SOPH, ITH, HCM, INDV, SLS, ERGO, BMY, SLN, 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), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
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 3.3%. 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.
Grainger has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.83%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L).
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.
In the previous week, Grainger had 2 more articles in the media than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L). MarketBeat recorded 2 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 -0.33 indicating that Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Grainger beats Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GRI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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