MobilityOne (MBO) Competitors

MobilityOne (LON:MBO) and Merit Group (LON:MRIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MBO or MRIT?

Merit Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MobilityOne. MobilityOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Merit Group, 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
MobilityOne	£230.63M	0.01	-£3.08M	-£0.03	-71.00
Merit Group	£19.89M	0.45	-£2.78M	£0.02	1,875.00

Which has more risk and volatility, MBO or MRIT?

MobilityOne has a beta of 2.45, meaning that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Group has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MBO or MRIT?

18.3% of Merit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.6% of MobilityOne shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 67.6% of Merit Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor MBO or MRIT?

In the previous week, MobilityOne's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Merit Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MobilityOne	Neutral
Merit Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer MBO or MRIT?

Merit Group has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 220.00%. Given Merit Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Merit Group is more favorable than MobilityOne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MobilityOne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Merit Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MBO or MRIT more profitable?

Merit Group has a net margin of 0.98% compared to MobilityOne's net margin of -1.34%. Merit Group's return on equity of 1.72% beat MobilityOne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MobilityOne	-1.34%	-100.62%	-9.97%
Merit Group	0.98%	1.72%	2.34%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MBO or MRIT?

MobilityOne received 37 more outperform votes than Merit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Merit Group an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave MobilityOne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MobilityOne	Outperform Votes 40 59.70%	Underperform Votes 27 40.30%
Merit Group	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Merit Group beats MobilityOne on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.