McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, MCB or DFS?

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

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 62.24% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MCB or DFS?

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

Does the media prefer MCB or DFS?

In the previous week, McBride had 29 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for McBride and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat McBride's score of -0.06 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McBride	4 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DFS Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	£930.83M	0.24	£33.16M	£19.57	6.77
DFS Furniture	£964.48M	0.39	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-88.35

Do analysts prefer MCB or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 41.21%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MCB or DFS a better dividend stock?

McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. McBride pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DFS Furniture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

DFS Furniture beats McBride on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.