Mitie Group (MTO) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MTO or FTV?

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
Mitie Group	£4.45B	0.32	£126.30M	£0.09	1,269.51
Foresight VCT	£22.78M	8.71	£16.48M	£0.07	1,028.57

Which has more volatility & risk, MTO or FTV?

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

Does the media refer more to MTO or FTV?

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 1 more articles in the media than Foresight VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mitie Group and 2 mentions for Foresight VCT. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Foresight VCT's score of 0.34 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mitie Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Foresight VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate MTO or FTV?

Mitie Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 145, indicating a potential upside of 26.91%. Given Mitie Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mitie Group is more favorable than Foresight VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Foresight VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is MTO or FTV more profitable?

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 72.33% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.84%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 29.24% beat Foresight VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	2.84%	29.24%	5.94%
Foresight VCT	72.33%	8.02%	4.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTO or FTV?

Mitie Group received 326 more outperform votes than Foresight VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave Foresight VCT an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 384 51.34%	Underperform Votes 364 48.66%
Foresight VCT	Outperform Votes 58 68.24%	Underperform Votes 27 31.76%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTO or FTV?

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

Is MTO or FTV a better dividend stock?

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Foresight VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Mitie Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foresight VCT pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

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