TwentyFour Income (TFIF) Competitors

TwentyFour Income (LON:TFIF) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TFIF or BPT?

57.7% of TwentyFour Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TwentyFour Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TFIF or BPT?

TwentyFour Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bridgepoint Group. TwentyFour Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, 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
TwentyFour Income	£55.96M	14.98	£868.58M	£115.93	0.97
Bridgepoint Group	£272.35M	11.23	£45.58M	£5.50	67.25

Do analysts recommend TFIF or BPT?

Bridgepoint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 334, suggesting a potential downside of 9.78%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than TwentyFour Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TwentyFour Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor TFIF or BPT?

In the previous week, TwentyFour Income had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TwentyFour Income and 1 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat TwentyFour Income's score of 0.10 indicating that Bridgepoint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TwentyFour Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bridgepoint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TFIF or BPT a better dividend stock?

TwentyFour Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TwentyFour Income pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TwentyFour Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TFIF or BPT more profitable?

TwentyFour Income has a net margin of 1,552.21% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 16.74%. TwentyFour Income's return on equity of 103.44% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TwentyFour Income	1,552.21%	103.44%	N/A
Bridgepoint Group	16.74%	6.10%	3.47%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TFIF or BPT?

TwentyFour Income received 76 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave TwentyFour Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TwentyFour Income	Outperform Votes 87 64.44%	Underperform Votes 48 35.56%
Bridgepoint Group	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

Summary

TwentyFour Income beats Bridgepoint Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.