LBG Media (LBG) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to LBG or BMY?

In the previous week, Bloomsbury Publishing had 1 more articles in the media than LBG Media. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing and 0 mentions for LBG Media. LBG Media's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bloomsbury Publishing'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LBG Media	Neutral
Bloomsbury Publishing	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, LBG or BMY?

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

Do analysts prefer LBG or BMY?

LBG Media presently has a consensus price target of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 53.89%. Bloomsbury Publishing has a consensus price target of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 36.59%. Given LBG Media's higher possible upside, equities research 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 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%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	£80.68M	2.89	£6.90M	£3.24	34.11
Bloomsbury Publishing	£382.40M	1.27	£37.37M	£46.74	12.92

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

29.4% of LBG Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by institutional investors. 70.1% of LBG Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LBG or BMY more profitable?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.77% compared to LBG Media's net margin of 8.55%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 18.62% beat LBG Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LBG Media	8.55%	10.41%	12.85%
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.77%	18.62%	7.82%

Summary

LBG Media and Bloomsbury Publishing tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.