McBride (MCB) Competitors

McBride (LON:MCB) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Is MCB or DFS a better dividend stock?

McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. McBride pays out 526.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DFS Furniture pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MCB or DFS?

72.7% of McBride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of McBride shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MCB or DFS more profitable?

McBride has a net margin of 3.56% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of -0.45%. McBride's return on equity of 66.27% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McBride	3.56%	66.27%	8.54%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-2.02%	3.00%

Does the media refer more to MCB or DFS?

In the previous week, McBride had 13 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat McBride's score of -0.06 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McBride	Neutral
DFS Furniture	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MCB or DFS?

McBride has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McBride, 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
McBride	£934.80M	0.20	£33.30M	£0.19	559.38
DFS Furniture	£987.10M	0.34	-£4.70M	-£0.02	-7,082.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCB or DFS?

McBride received 168 more outperform votes than DFS Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.18% of users gave McBride an outperform vote while only 72.77% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McBride	Outperform Votes 470 77.18%	Underperform Votes 139 22.82%
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 302 72.77%	Underperform Votes 113 27.23%

Do analysts rate MCB or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential downside of 15.28%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than McBride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McBride	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, MCB or DFS?

McBride has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DFS Furniture beats McBride on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.