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YouGov (YOU) Competitors

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GBX 405 +1.00 (+0.25%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:31 PM ET)

YOU vs. RMG, TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, SST, CNIC, API, and SRAD

Should you be buying YouGov stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YouGov include Royal Mail (RMG), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), CentralNic Group (CNIC), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), and Stelrad Group (SRAD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

YouGov vs.

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

YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 905, suggesting a potential upside of 123.46%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Royal Mail.

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

In the previous week, Royal Mail and Royal Mail both had 6 articles in the media. Royal Mail's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat YouGov's score of -0.16 indicating that Royal Mail is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Mail
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
YouGov
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

YouGov has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Royal Mail. Royal Mail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YouGov, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Mail£12.71B0.00N/A£0.61N/A
YouGov£270M1.75£22.70M£0.202,025.00

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

YouGov has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Royal Mail's net margin of 0.00%. YouGov's return on equity of 14.24% beat Royal Mail's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal MailN/A N/A N/A
YouGov 8.41%14.24%4.89%

Royal Mail pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Royal Mail pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Royal Mail received 300 more outperform votes than YouGov when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.47% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Royal Mail an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal MailOutperform Votes
524
54.30%
Underperform Votes
441
45.70%
YouGovOutperform Votes
224
67.47%
Underperform Votes
108
32.53%

Summary

YouGov beats Royal Mail on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YOU vs. The Competition

MetricYouGovConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£472.92M£3.23B£4.51B£1.84B
Dividend Yield2.05%2.92%4.06%10.58%
P/E Ratio2,025.003,725.70369.901,771.92
Price / Sales1.75231.88457.86375,802.49
Price / Cash29.5029.2329.3227.86
Price / Book2.472.653.322.89
Net Income£22.70M£126.51M£195.49M£155.43M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.26%-0.97%-1.91%
1 Month Performance-5.37%-2.94%-0.01%17.44%
1 Year Performance-65.36%-2.21%25.90%28.79%

YouGov Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YOU
YouGov
2.4638 of 5 stars
GBX 405
+0.2%
GBX 905
+123.5%
-64.9%£472.92M£270M2,025.001,820
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AGBX 207
+5.4%
N/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100News Coverage
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 168.60
-0.8%
N/A+10.1%£1.80B£173.08M1,416.67N/A
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.6176 of 5 stars
GBX 177.20
-0.9%
GBX 246.25
+39.0%
+47.1%£1.01B£447.70M8,880.001,526News Coverage
GEN
Genuit Group
2.8849 of 5 stars
GBX 399.50
-0.4%
GBX 512.50
+28.3%
-2.8%£995.43M£554.10M4,010.002,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 76.70
+0.2%
N/A-18.3%£737.64M£877.10M1,093.57890Positive News
Gap Down
WIX
Wickes Group
2.1525 of 5 stars
GBX 153
-1.0%
GBX 180
+17.6%
+5.4%£362.75M£1.53B1,288.335,930Gap Down
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 1,500
+1.0%
N/A+18.4%£353.25M£53.86M889.22320
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AGBX 123.20
+2.0%
N/A+0.0%£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 60.80
+0.5%
N/A-87.4%£231.78M£32.44M-3,025.001,310Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 140
flat
N/A+11.7%£178.29M£294.27M1,166.672,960Gap Down

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This page (LON:YOU) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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