McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Does the media favor DFS or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 12 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for McBride and 2 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat McBride's score of -0.04 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DFS Furniture	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McBride	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend DFS or MCB?

DFS Furniture currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 40.36%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than McBride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
McBride	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, DFS or MCB?

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

Is DFS or MCB a better dividend stock?

DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McBride pays out 5.1% 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.

Is DFS or MCB 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
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DFS or MCB?

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DFS or MCB?

McBride has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
DFS Furniture	£964.48M	0.31	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-70.57
McBride	£930.83M	0.26	£33.16M	£19.57	7.26

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DFS or MCB?

McBride received 167 more outperform votes than DFS Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.18% of users gave McBride an outperform vote while only 72.84% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 303 72.84%	Underperform Votes 113 27.16%
McBride	Outperform Votes 470 77.18%	Underperform Votes 139 22.82%

Summary

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