OSB vs. PAG, MAB1, HVPE, TCAP, PLUS, JAM, PNL, TEM, FEV, and MRC
Should you be buying OSB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OSB Group include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Plus500 (PLUS), JPMorgan American (JAM), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and Mercantile (MRC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
OSB Group (LON:OSB) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OSB Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OSB Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.92%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 696.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.79%. Given OSB Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
In the previous week, OSB Group and OSB Group both had 1 articles in the media. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat OSB Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.0% of OSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of OSB Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OSB Group has a net margin of 46.36% compared to Paragon Banking Group's net margin of 39.13%. OSB Group's return on equity of 13.01% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. OSB Group pays out 4,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group pays out 5,606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Paragon Banking Group received 250 more outperform votes than OSB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.79% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 75.23% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
Summary
OSB Group beats Paragon Banking Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OSB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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