Merit Group (MRIT) Competitors GBX 32 0.00 (0.00%) (As of 12/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsInsider Trades MRIT vs. CSFS, WTG, TIA, GRC, IDE, MBO, ACT, PTY, CSFG, and WISEShould you be buying Merit Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Group include Cornerstone FS (CSFS), Watchstone Group (WTG), Tialis Essential IT (TIA), GRC International Group (GRC), IDE Group (IDE), MobilityOne (MBO), Actual Experience (ACT), Partway Group (PTY), CSF Group (CSFG), and Wise (WISE). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry. Merit Group vs. Cornerstone FS Watchstone Group Tialis Essential IT GRC International Group IDE Group MobilityOne Actual Experience Partway Group CSF Group Wise Cornerstone FS (LON:CSFS) and Merit Group (LON:MRIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CSFS or MRIT? 8.7% of Cornerstone FS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.3% of Merit Group shares are held by institutional investors. 63.3% of Cornerstone FS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 67.6% of Merit Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer CSFS or MRIT? Merit Group has a consensus target price of GBX 105, indicating a potential upside of 228.13%. Given Merit Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Merit Group is more favorable than Cornerstone FS.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cornerstone FS 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Merit Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more volatility & risk, CSFS or MRIT? Cornerstone FS has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Group has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is CSFS or MRIT more profitable? Merit Group has a net margin of 0.98% compared to Cornerstone FS's net margin of -39.18%. Merit Group's return on equity of 1.72% beat Cornerstone FS's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Cornerstone FS-39.18% -312.52% -45.04% Merit Group 0.98%1.72%2.34% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSFS or MRIT? Merit Group received 4 more outperform votes than Cornerstone FS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Merit Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cornerstone FS an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCornerstone FSOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes6100.00% Merit GroupOutperform Votes4100.00% Underperform VotesNo Votes Which has better earnings and valuation, CSFS or MRIT? Cornerstone FS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Merit Group. Cornerstone FS 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 RatioCornerstone FS£6.53M0.00-£2.56M-£0.04N/AMerit Group£19.89M0.39-£2.78M£0.021,600.00 Does the media refer more to CSFS or MRIT? In the previous week, Cornerstone FS's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Merit Group'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Cornerstone FS Neutral Merit Group Neutral SummaryMerit Group beats Cornerstone FS on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Stansberry Research$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. The reason why is a new, secretive move being carried out by the Fed that has nothing to do with lowering or raising interest rates... but could soon have an enormous impact on your wealth.Click here to see his new research now. Get Merit Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MRIT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MRIT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMerit GroupInformation Technology Services IndustryComputer SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£7.67M£2.83B£25.98B£1.85BDividend Yield4.76%3.52%2.78%10.60%P/E Ratio1,600.00188.34238.111,786.40Price / Sales0.39169.363,342.57377,495.10Price / Cash4.6820.8735.7428.01Price / Book0.243.158.132.91Net Income-£2.78M£101.58M£681.78M£155.90M7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.33%0.41%-1.91%1 Month Performance-3.03%0.95%7.02%17.62%1 Year Performance-51.15%16.24%23.11%29.01% Merit Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MRITMerit GroupN/AGBX 32flatGBX 105+228.1%-51.1%£7.67M£19.89M1,600.001,042CSFSCornerstone FSN/AGBX 40.46+9.4%N/AN/A£23.23M£6.53M-1,011.5034Gap UpWTGWatchstone GroupN/AGBX 40.22+18.3%N/AN/A£18.52M£7.34M2.4154Gap UpTIATialis Essential ITN/AGBX 37.50flatN/A-51.6%£9.12M£21.56M-375.00290Gap DownGRCGRC International GroupN/AGBX 7.75flatN/AN/A£8.36M£14.95M-775.001,150IDEIDE GroupN/AGBX 72.50+3.6%N/AN/A£3.60M£13.64M-18.13237MBOMobilityOneN/AN/AN/AN/A£2.13M£230.63M-66.67110Gap DownACTActual ExperienceN/AGBX 0.43flatN/AN/A£938,000.00£1.18M-8.50500Positive NewsPTYPartway GroupN/AGBX 0.83flatN/AN/A£850,000.00£37.23M-41.2535CSFGCSF GroupN/AGBX 0.70flatN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AWISEWise0.2109 of 5 starsGBX 941.50+0.5%GBX 942.67+0.1%+17.8%£9.60B£1.41B2,741.185,500 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Cornerstone FS Competitors Watchstone Group Competitors Tialis Essential IT Competitors GRC International Group Competitors IDE Group Competitors MobilityOne Competitors Actual Experience Competitors Partway Group Competitors CSF Group Competitors Wise Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:MRIT) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDid You See Trump’s Bombshell Exec. 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