McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer MCB or DFS?

In the previous week, McBride had 10 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McBride	Neutral
DFS Furniture	Neutral

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 MarketBeat Community believe in 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 72.95% 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 72.95%	Underperform Votes 112 27.05%

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	£934.80M	0.18	£33.30M	£0.19	522.11
DFS Furniture	£987.10M	0.32	-£4.70M	-£0.02	-6,690.00

Do analysts rate MCB or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential downside of 10.31%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Do institutionals & 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 a better dividend stock?

McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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.

Summary

McBride and DFS Furniture tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.