Saga (SAGA) Competitors

Molten Ventures (LON:GROW) and Saga (LON:SAGA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GROW or SAGA?

96.7% of Molten Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Saga shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Molten Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Saga shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend GROW or SAGA?

Molten Ventures presently has a consensus target price of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 82.68%. Saga has a consensus target price of GBX 154, indicating a potential upside of 25.41%. Given Molten Ventures' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Molten Ventures is more favorable than Saga.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Molten Ventures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Saga	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GROW or SAGA?

Saga received 256 more outperform votes than Molten Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.20% of users gave Molten Ventures an outperform vote while only 69.39% of users gave Saga an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molten Ventures	Outperform Votes 254 77.20%	Underperform Votes 75 22.80%
Saga	Outperform Votes 510 69.39%	Underperform Votes 225 30.61%

Which has more risk & volatility, GROW or SAGA?

Molten Ventures has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GROW or SAGA?

Molten Ventures has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Saga. Molten Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saga, 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
Molten Ventures	£9.10M	64.94	-£33.58M	-£17.88	-17.76
Saga	£799.48M	0.21	-£147.23M	-£106.79	-1.15

Does the media prefer GROW or SAGA?

In the previous week, Saga had 16 more articles in the media than Molten Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Saga and 0 mentions for Molten Ventures. Saga's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Molten Ventures' score of 0.00 indicating that Saga is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Molten Ventures	Neutral
Saga	Neutral

Is GROW or SAGA more profitable?

Saga has a net margin of -18.42% compared to Molten Ventures' net margin of -369.09%. Molten Ventures' return on equity of -3.42% beat Saga's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molten Ventures	-369.09%	-3.42%	-3.46%
Saga	-18.42%	-87.14%	2.90%

Summary

Saga beats Molten Ventures on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.