MAB1 vs. PAG, OSB, LINV, HVPE, CLDN, TCAP, TBCG, TRIG, MRC, and TEM
Should you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), OSB Group (OSB), LendInvest (LINV), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau vs.
Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 25.14% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 4.41%. Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity of 15.33% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
Paragon Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mortgage Advice Bureau. Paragon Banking 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.
Paragon Banking Group received 494 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.84% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 76.71% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote.
73.9% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held 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.
Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 875, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Given Paragon Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paragon Banking Group is more favorable than Mortgage Advice Bureau.
Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 149.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paragon Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group had 3 more articles in the media than Mortgage Advice Bureau. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Paragon Banking Group and 1 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Mortgage Advice Bureau's score of 0.00 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Paragon Banking Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MAB1) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
