LRE vs. MDC, CCT, ROAD, PRIM, EME, CCS, GEO, PHM, J, and MTH
Should you be buying Lancashire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancashire include Mediclinic International (MDC), The Character Group (CCT), Roadside Real Estate (ROAD), Primorus Investments (PRIM), Empyrean Energy (EME), Crossword Cybersecurity (CCS), Georgian Mining (GEO), Phimedix Plc (PHM.L) (PHM), Jacobs Engineering Group (J), and Mithras Investment Trust (MTH). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.
Lancashire vs.
Mediclinic International (LON:MDC) and Lancashire (LON:LRE) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Mediclinic International pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mediclinic International pays out 1,304.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lancashire pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lancashire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lancashire has a net margin of 37.12% compared to Mediclinic International's net margin of 4.99%. Lancashire's return on equity of 10.76% beat Mediclinic International's return on equity.
Lancashire received 115 more outperform votes than Mediclinic International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.33% of users gave Mediclinic International an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Lancashire has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mediclinic International. Mediclinic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lancashire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lancashire had 7 more articles in the media than Mediclinic International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lancashire and 0 mentions for Mediclinic International. Lancashire's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Mediclinic International's score of 0.00 indicating that Lancashire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
39.2% of Mediclinic International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Lancashire shares are held by institutional investors. 48.9% of Mediclinic International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lancashire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mediclinic International has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancashire has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lancashire has a consensus target price of GBX 788.75, suggesting a potential upside of 37.25%. Given Lancashire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lancashire is more favorable than Mediclinic International.
Summary
Lancashire beats Mediclinic International on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LRE) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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