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Merit Group (MRIT) Competitors

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GBX 37.50
-1.50 (-3.85%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

MRIT vs. TPX, KBT, MTEC, CSFS, WTG, GST, TIA, GRC, IDE, and MBO

Should you be buying Merit Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Group include TPXimpact (TPX), K3 Business Technology Group (KBT), Made Tech Group (MTEC), Cornerstone FS (CSFS), Watchstone Group (WTG), GSTechnologies (GST), Tialis Essential IT (TIA), GRC International Group (GRC), IDE Group (IDE), and MobilityOne (MBO). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.

Merit Group vs.

TPXimpact (LON:TPX) and Merit Group (LON:MRIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

TPXimpact received 3 more outperform votes than Merit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Merit Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave TPXimpact an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TPXimpactOutperform Votes
6
50.00%
Underperform Votes
6
50.00%
Merit GroupOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

41.1% of TPXimpact shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.3% of Merit Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.9% of TPXimpact shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 67.6% of Merit Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Merit Group has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 220.00%. Given Merit Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Merit Group is more favorable than TPXimpact.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TPXimpact
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Merit Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Merit Group has a net margin of 0.98% compared to TPXimpact's net margin of -24.17%. Merit Group's return on equity of 1.72% beat TPXimpact's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TPXimpact-24.17% -38.74% -4.19%
Merit Group 0.98%1.72%2.34%

Merit Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TPXimpact. TPXimpact is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Merit Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TPXimpact£84.27M0.37-£22.18M-£0.24-141.67
Merit Group£19.89M0.45-£2.78M£0.021,875.00

TPXimpact has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Group has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, TPXimpact had 1 more articles in the media than Merit Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TPXimpact and 0 mentions for Merit Group. TPXimpact's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Merit Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
TPXimpact Neutral
Merit Group Neutral

Summary

Merit Group beats TPXimpact on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MRIT vs. The Competition

MetricMerit GroupInformation Technology Services IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.99M£2.32B£23.96B£1.55B
Dividend Yield4.76%3.24%2.74%11.36%
P/E Ratio1,875.00155.64252.901,694.29
Price / Sales0.45114.343,725.35224,516.63
Price / Cash4.6819.0332.0435.51
Price / Book0.282.776.972.85
Net Income-£2.78M£92.97M£670.43M£143.73M
7 Day Performance0.67%0.18%-0.31%0.11%
1 Month Performance-41.41%1.01%0.66%-0.16%
1 Year Performance-29.25%18.90%20.32%14.87%

Merit Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRIT
Merit Group
N/AGBX 37.50
-3.8%
GBX 120
+220.0%
-29.0%£8.99M£19.89M1,875.001,042Gap Up
TPX
TPXimpact
N/AGBX 32
+3.2%
N/A-10.5%£29.22M£84.27M-133.3312,000News Coverage
Gap Up
KBT
K3 Business Technology Group
N/AGBX 61
-5.4%
N/A-41.7%£27.27M£38.98M-1,220.00322Gap Down
MTEC
Made Tech Group
N/AGBX 16.25
+0.5%
N/A+81.0%£24.26M£38.57M-812.50364
CSFS
Cornerstone FS
N/AGBX 40.46
+9.4%
N/A+192.7%£23.23M£6.53M-1,011.5034Gap Up
WTG
Watchstone Group
N/AGBX 40.22
+18.3%
N/AN/A£18.52M£7.34M2.4154Gap Up
GST
GSTechnologies
N/AGBX 0.84
+7.5%
N/A+44.5%£16.63M£1.55M-3.3548Insider Buying
News Coverage
TIA
Tialis Essential IT
N/AGBX 43
-7.5%
N/A+10.7%£10.46M£21.56M-430.00290Gap Down
GRC
GRC International Group
N/AGBX 7.75
flat
N/AN/A£8.36M£14.95M-775.001,150
IDE
IDE Group
N/AGBX 72.50
+3.6%
N/A+0.0%£3.60M£13.64M-18.13237News Coverage
MBO
MobilityOne
N/AGBX 2.65
+6.0%
N/A-52.7%£2.82M£230.63M-88.33110Gap Up

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This page (LON:MRIT) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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