Smiths News (SNWS) Competitors

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Smiths News (LON:SNWS) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer BMY or SNWS?

Bloomsbury Publishing currently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 26.92%. Smiths News has a consensus target price of GBX 80, suggesting a potential upside of 30.29%. Given Smiths News' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smiths News is more favorable than Bloomsbury Publishing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Smiths News	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BMY or SNWS?

Bloomsbury Publishing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smiths News. Smiths News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, 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
Bloomsbury Publishing	£342.65M	1.54	£32.30M	£0.39	1,666.67
Smiths News	£1.08B	0.13	£23.40M	£0.09	682.22

Does the media refer more to BMY or SNWS?

In the previous week, Smiths News had 1 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smiths News and 1 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Bloomsbury Publishing's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Smiths News' score of -0.16 indicating that Bloomsbury Publishing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomsbury Publishing	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smiths News	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BMY or SNWS?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smiths News has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BMY or SNWS?

70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Smiths News shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Smiths News shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMY or SNWS?

Bloomsbury Publishing received 240 more outperform votes than Smiths News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Smiths News an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomsbury Publishing	Outperform Votes 252 68.48%	Underperform Votes 116 31.52%
Smiths News	Outperform Votes 12 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is BMY or SNWS more profitable?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Smiths News' net margin of 2.16%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 16.55% beat Smiths News' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.43%	16.55%	7.82%
Smiths News	2.16%	N/A	12.57%

Is BMY or SNWS a better dividend stock?

Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Smiths News pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Smiths News pays out 5,555.6% 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

Bloomsbury Publishing beats Smiths News on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.