LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

LBG Media (LON:LBG) and Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LBG or BMY?

29.4% of LBG Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.1% of LBG Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, LBG or BMY?

LBG Media has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend LBG or BMY?

LBG Media presently has a consensus target price of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 27.82%. Bloomsbury Publishing has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 20.61%. Given LBG Media's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LBG Media is more favorable than Bloomsbury Publishing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LBG Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor LBG or BMY?

In the previous week, LBG Media had 1 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LBG Media and 1 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. LBG Media's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Bloomsbury Publishing's score of 0.00 indicating that LBG Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LBG Media	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LBG or BMY more profitable?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.43% compared to LBG Media's net margin of 8.65%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 16.55% beat LBG Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LBG Media	8.65%	10.81%	12.85%
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.43%	16.55%	7.82%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LBG or BMY?

Bloomsbury Publishing has higher revenue and earnings than LBG Media. Bloomsbury Publishing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LBG Media, 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
LBG Media	£82.54M	3.37	£7.14M	£0.04	3,325.00
Bloomsbury Publishing	£342.65M	1.63	£32.30M	£0.39	1,753.85

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LBG or BMY?

Bloomsbury Publishing received 240 more outperform votes than LBG Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave LBG Media an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LBG Media	Outperform Votes 12 92.31%	Underperform Votes 1 7.69%
Bloomsbury Publishing	Outperform Votes 252 68.48%	Underperform Votes 116 31.52%

Summary

LBG Media beats Bloomsbury Publishing on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.