SAGA vs. PRSR, GROW, DX, PINE, MGP, WPC, SOHO, LMI, ADVT, and BXP
Should you be buying Saga stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga include Prs Reit (PRSR), Molten Ventures (GROW), DX (Group) (DX), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Medica Group (MGP), Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L) (WPC), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), Lonmin (LMI), AdvancedAdvT (ADVT), and Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Saga vs.
Saga (LON:SAGA) and Prs Reit (LON:PRSR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Saga pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Prs Reit pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Saga pays out -188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prs Reit pays out 3,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Saga had 10 more articles in the media than Prs Reit. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Saga and 3 mentions for Prs Reit. Prs Reit's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Saga's score of 0.21 indicating that Prs Reit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Prs Reit has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Saga. Saga is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prs Reit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saga received 425 more outperform votes than Prs Reit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.39% of users gave Saga an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Prs Reit an outperform vote.
13.4% of Saga shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Prs Reit shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Saga shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Prs Reit shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Saga has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prs Reit has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saga presently has a consensus target price of GBX 154, suggesting a potential upside of 33.45%. Prs Reit has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Saga's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Saga is more favorable than Prs Reit.
Prs Reit has a net margin of 108.08% compared to Saga's net margin of -18.25%. Prs Reit's return on equity of 8.78% beat Saga's return on equity.
Summary
Saga and Prs Reit tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAGA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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