Stelrad Group (SRAD) Competitors

YouGov (LON:YOU) and Stelrad Group (LON:SRAD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YOU or SRAD?

YouGov received 224 more outperform votes than Stelrad Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YouGov	Outperform Votes 224 67.47%	Underperform Votes 108 32.53%
Stelrad Group	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer YOU or SRAD?

YouGov presently has a consensus price target of GBX 905, suggesting a potential upside of 123.46%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than Stelrad Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YouGov	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Stelrad Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer YOU or SRAD?

In the previous week, YouGov had 5 more articles in the media than Stelrad Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for YouGov and 0 mentions for Stelrad Group. Stelrad Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat YouGov's score of -0.16 indicating that Stelrad Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
YouGov	Neutral
Stelrad Group	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of YOU or SRAD?

59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Stelrad Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.4% of Stelrad Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, YOU or SRAD?

YouGov has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stelrad Group has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, YOU or SRAD?

YouGov has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stelrad Group. Stelrad Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YouGov, 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
YouGov	£270M	1.75	£22.70M	£0.20	2,025.00
Stelrad Group	£294.27M	0.60	£15.46M	£0.12	1,150.00

Is YOU or SRAD more profitable?

YouGov has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Stelrad Group's net margin of 5.25%. Stelrad Group's return on equity of 29.34% beat YouGov's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YouGov	8.41%	14.24%	4.89%
Stelrad Group	5.25%	29.34%	7.46%

Is YOU or SRAD a better dividend stock?

YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Stelrad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. YouGov pays out 4,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stelrad Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

YouGov beats Stelrad Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.