MER vs. XPS, CVSG, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, CRN, EIG, DAL, and SSPG
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), Cairn Homes (CRN), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), and SSP Group (SSPG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Mears Group vs.
XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) and Mears Group (LON:MER) 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 risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
XPS Pensions Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 102.0% of Mears Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Mears Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mears Group pays out 31.2% 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.
XPS Pensions Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 356.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.65%. Mears Group has a consensus target price of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 9.23%. Given Mears Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mears Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
In the previous week, Mears Group had 2 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mears Group and 0 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. Mears Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Mears Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, 75.63% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 75.05% of users gave Mears Group an outperform vote.
XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mears Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group and Mears Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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