Mitie Group (MTO) Competitors

Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) and Mitie Group (LON:MTO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, FTV or MTO?

Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitie Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FTV or MTO?

78.0% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Mitie Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FTV or MTO?

Mitie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight VCT. Foresight VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitie Group, 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
Foresight VCT	£32.45M	7.03	£24.62M	£8.20	9.27
Mitie Group	£4.80B	0.30	£120.92M	£9.62	11.91

Does the media refer more to FTV or MTO?

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 1 more articles in the media than Foresight VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mitie Group and 0 mentions for Foresight VCT. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Foresight VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Foresight VCT	Neutral
Mitie Group	Positive

Is FTV or MTO a better dividend stock?

Foresight VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Foresight VCT pays out 48.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitie Group pays out 41.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTV or MTO?

Mitie Group received 327 more outperform votes than Foresight VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave Foresight VCT an outperform vote while only 51.40% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foresight VCT	Outperform Votes 58 68.24%	Underperform Votes 27 31.76%
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 385 51.40%	Underperform Votes 364 48.60%

Is FTV or MTO more profitable?

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 75.85% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.52%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 28.24% beat Foresight VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight VCT	75.85%	10.05%	4.98%
Mitie Group	2.52%	28.24%	5.94%

Do analysts rate FTV or MTO?

Mitie Group has a consensus target price of GBX 152.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.07%. Given Mitie Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mitie Group is more favorable than Foresight VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foresight VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mitie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Mitie Group beats Foresight VCT on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.