OGN vs. GRI, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, BMY, GPH, IGC, AURA, and ARTL
Should you be buying Origin Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Enterprises include Grainger (GRI), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Global Ports (GPH), India Capital Growth (IGC), Aura Energy (AURA), and Alpha Real Trust (ARTL). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Origin Enterprises vs. Its Competitors
Grainger (LON:GRI) and Origin Enterprises (LON:OGN) are both small-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Origin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 453.3%. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Enterprises pays out 4,915.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Grainger presently has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.88%. Given Grainger's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Origin Enterprises.
85.8% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Origin Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Origin Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Origin Enterprises has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.40%. Origin Enterprises' return on equity of 10.29% beat Grainger's return on equity.
Grainger has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Enterprises has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Grainger had 6 more articles in the media than Origin Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for Origin Enterprises. Origin Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Grainger's score of 0.66 indicating that Origin Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Origin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Grainger. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Origin Enterprises beats Grainger on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:OGN) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
