Gusbourne (GUS) Competitors

Gusbourne (LON:GUS) and Distil (LON:DIS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is GUS or DIS more profitable?

Gusbourne has a net margin of -49.75% compared to Distil's net margin of -109.66%. Distil's return on equity of -22.94% beat Gusbourne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gusbourne	-49.75%	-36.00%	-2.99%
Distil	-109.66%	-22.94%	-7.50%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GUS or DIS?

2.3% of Gusbourne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Distil shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.6% of Gusbourne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Distil 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GUS or DIS?

Gusbourne has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Distil has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GUS or DIS?

Distil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gusbourne. Distil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gusbourne, 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
Gusbourne	£6.97M	0.07	-£3.47M	-£5.70	-0.14
Distil	£2.00M	0.66	-£2.19M	-£0.13	-0.64

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GUS or DIS?

Gusbourne received 13 more outperform votes than Distil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Distil an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Gusbourne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gusbourne	Outperform Votes 52 61.90%	Underperform Votes 32 38.10%
Distil	Outperform Votes 39 68.42%	Underperform Votes 18 31.58%

Does the media prefer GUS or DIS?

In the previous week, Distil had 3 more articles in the media than Gusbourne. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Distil and 0 mentions for Gusbourne. Gusbourne's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Distil's score of -0.02 indicating that Gusbourne is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gusbourne	Neutral
Distil	Neutral

Summary

Gusbourne beats Distil on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.