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Spire Healthcare Group (SPI) Competitors

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GBX 223.50 -1.50 (-0.67%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

SPI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, MCP, BERI, AMAT, and STM

Should 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.

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.

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 Ratio
Spire Healthcare Group£1.44B0.63£28.30M£0.073,192.86
Empiric Student Property£81.60M6.11£53.60M£0.09917.78

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%

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.

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)
3.00
Empiric Student Property
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Spire Healthcare GroupOutperform Votes
355
60.89%
Underperform Votes
228
39.11%
Empiric Student PropertyOutperform Votes
167
66.80%
Underperform Votes
83
33.20%

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

Summary

Spire Healthcare Group beats Empiric Student Property on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SPI vs. The Competition

MetricSpire Healthcare GroupMedical Care Facilities IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£902.54M£1.45B£5.14B£1.86B
Dividend Yield1.14%3.79%5.09%6.19%
P/E Ratio3,192.86209.5589.971,797.43
Price / Sales0.6354.381,116.21380,062.11
Price / Cash9.1213.4542.8928.19
Price / Book1.222.314.782.92
Net Income£28.30M£52.03M£120.23M£156.26M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPI
Spire Healthcare Group
2.4682 of 5 stars
GBX 223.50
-0.7%
GBX 322
+44.1%
-1.5%£902.54M£1.44B3,192.86420High Trading Volume
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 83.40
-1.5%
N/A-12.4%£503.33M£81.60M926.67150
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AGBX 64.80
flat
N/A+0.0%£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 129
flat
N/A+4.1%£281.40M£759.50M647.506,230News Coverage
APH
Alliance Pharma
3.2988 of 5 stars
GBX 48.40
+0.4%
GBX 60
+24.0%
+17.3%£261.64M£183.15M-803.3391,000News Coverage
SGM
Sigma Capital Group
N/AGBX 202
flat
N/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 971
-1.7%
N/A+5.4%£155.26M£109.58M1,449.25455
MCP
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000
BERI
BlackRock Energy and Resources
N/AGBX 117.50
+0.9%
N/A-1.2%£143.46M£27.41M647.22N/ANews Coverage
AMAT
Amati AIM VCT
N/AGBX 74.50
flat
N/A-20.0%£109.91M£-8,000,000.00-1,064.2933,000News Coverage
Positive News
STM
STM Group
N/AGBX 61.50
flat
N/AN/A£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300

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This page (LON:SPI) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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