Spire Healthcare Group (SPI) Competitors GBX 223.50 -1.50 (-0.67%) (As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades SPI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, MCP, BERI, AMAT, and STMShould you be buying Spire Healthcare Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire Healthcare Group include Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), and STM Group (STM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry. Spire Healthcare Group vs. Empiric Student Property The Restaurant Group International Personal Finance Alliance Pharma Sigma Capital Group MS INTERNATIONAL Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust BlackRock Energy and Resources Amati AIM VCT STM Group Spire Healthcare Group (LON:SPI) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk. Which has better earnings and valuation, SPI or ESP? Empiric Student Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spire Healthcare Group. Empiric Student Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire Healthcare Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSpire Healthcare Group£1.44B0.63£28.30M£0.073,192.86Empiric Student Property£81.60M6.11£53.60M£0.09917.78 Is SPI or ESP more profitable? Empiric Student Property has a net margin of 65.69% compared to Spire Healthcare Group's net margin of 1.96%. Empiric Student Property's return on equity of 7.32% beat Spire Healthcare Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Spire Healthcare Group1.96% 4.00% 3.73% Empiric Student Property 65.69%7.32%2.26% Is SPI or ESP a better dividend stock? Spire Healthcare Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Spire Healthcare Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Empiric Student Property pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts recommend SPI or ESP? Spire Healthcare Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 322, indicating a potential upside of 44.07%. Given Spire Healthcare Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spire Healthcare Group is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Spire Healthcare Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Empiric Student Property 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do insiders & institutionals believe in SPI or ESP? 50.4% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Empiric Student Property 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. Which has more volatility & risk, SPI or ESP? Spire Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPI or ESP? Spire Healthcare Group received 188 more outperform votes than Empiric Student Property when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.80% of users gave Empiric Student Property an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Spire Healthcare Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSpire Healthcare GroupOutperform Votes35560.89% Underperform Votes22839.11% Empiric Student PropertyOutperform Votes16766.80% Underperform Votes8333.20% Does the media refer more to SPI or ESP? In the previous week, Spire Healthcare Group and Spire Healthcare Group both had 1 articles in the media. Spire Healthcare Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Empiric Student Property's score of -1.10 indicating that Spire Healthcare Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Spire Healthcare Group 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Empiric Student Property 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Negative SummarySpire Healthcare Group beats Empiric Student Property on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad InvestorPlaceWall Street Icon: “You must get on the right side of this thing”I created one of the first quantitative analysis-based stock picking systems long before "quants" became a thing on Wall Street… leading Forbes to call me "King of the Quants." I'm writing to you today because my system has recently uncovered a market phenomenon I haven't seen in 30 years.This market shakeup is going to be much more intense. Get Spire Healthcare Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart SPI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSpire Healthcare GroupMedical Care Facilities IndustryMedical SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£902.54M£1.45B£5.14B£1.86BDividend Yield1.14%3.79%5.09%6.19%P/E Ratio3,192.86209.5589.971,797.43Price / Sales0.6354.381,116.21380,062.11Price / Cash9.1213.4542.8928.19Price / Book1.222.314.782.92Net Income£28.30M£52.03M£120.23M£156.26M7 Day Performance-2.19%-1.00%-1.92%-1.92%1 Month Performance3.23%3.85%11.49%17.74%1 Year Performance-1.54%13.25%30.57%29.21% Spire Healthcare Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SPISpire Healthcare Group2.4682 of 5 starsGBX 223.50-0.7%GBX 322+44.1%-1.5%£902.54M£1.44B3,192.86420High Trading VolumeESPEmpiric Student PropertyN/AGBX 83.40-1.5%N/A-12.4%£503.33M£81.60M926.67150RTNThe Restaurant GroupN/AGBX 64.80flatN/A+0.0%£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000IPFInternational Personal FinanceN/AGBX 129flatN/A+4.1%£281.40M£759.50M647.506,230News CoverageAPHAlliance Pharma3.2988 of 5 starsGBX 48.40+0.4%GBX 60+24.0%+17.3%£261.64M£183.15M-803.3391,000News CoverageSGMSigma Capital GroupN/AGBX 202flatN/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300MSIMS INTERNATIONALN/AGBX 971-1.7%N/A+5.4%£155.26M£109.58M1,449.25455MCPMartin Currie Asia Unconstrand TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000BERIBlackRock Energy and ResourcesN/AGBX 117.50+0.9%N/A-1.2%£143.46M£27.41M647.22N/ANews CoverageAMATAmati AIM VCTN/AGBX 74.50flatN/A-20.0%£109.91M£-8,000,000.00-1,064.2933,000News CoveragePositive NewsSTMSTM GroupN/AGBX 61.50flatN/AN/A£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Empiric Student Property Competitors The Restaurant Group Competitors International Personal Finance Competitors Alliance Pharma Competitors Sigma Capital Group Competitors MS INTERNATIONAL Competitors Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust Competitors BlackRock Energy and Resources Competitors Amati AIM VCT Competitors STM Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:SPI) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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