MER vs. XPS, CVSG, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, EIG, DOM, TIFS, and AML
Should you be buying Mears Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mears Group include XPS Pensions Group (XPS), CVS Group (CVSG), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), and Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Mears Group vs.
Mears Group (LON:MER) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Mears Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% 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.
In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group had 26 more articles in the media than Mears Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for XPS Pensions Group and 1 mentions for Mears Group. Mears Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Mears Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mears Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
102.0% of Mears Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Mears Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mears Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 13.06%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 356.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.84%. Given Mears Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mears Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
XPS Pensions Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mears Group. XPS Pensions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mears Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 128.13% compared to Mears Group's net margin of 3.67%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 156.24% beat Mears Group's return on equity.
Mears Group received 240 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.10% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 75.05% of users gave Mears Group an outperform vote.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group beats Mears Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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