MAB1 vs. OSB, LINV, PAG, RAT, BNKR, VEIL, JMG, ASL, LWDB, and IHP
Should you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include OSB Group (OSB), LendInvest (LINV), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Rathbones Group (RAT), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Law Debenture (LWDB), and IntegraFin (IHP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau vs.
Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) and OSB Group (LON:OSB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
OSB Group has a net margin of 50.85% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 4.41%. OSB Group's return on equity of 18.89% beat Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity.
73.9% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of OSB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of OSB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 14,736.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group pays out 3,437.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mortgage Advice Bureau. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mortgage Advice Bureau, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OSB Group has a consensus price target of GBX 590, suggesting a potential upside of 48.84%. Given OSB Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Mortgage Advice Bureau.
OSB Group received 245 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.71% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote while only 75.34% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mortgage Advice Bureau had 3 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau and 1 mentions for OSB Group. Mortgage Advice Bureau's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat OSB Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Mortgage Advice Bureau is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSB Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSB Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MAB1) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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