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YouGov (YOU) Competitors

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GBX 425 -3.00 (-0.70%)
(As of 08:35 AM ET)

YOU vs. RMG, TEM, GEN, SPT, DOCS, WIX, CNIC, SST, 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), Genuit Group (GEN), Spirent Communications (SPT), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), and Stelrad Group (SRAD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

YouGov vs.

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

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
YouGov8.41% 14.24% 4.89%
Royal Mail N/A N/A N/A

YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Royal Mail pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 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 pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

YouGov currently has a consensus target price of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 112.44%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Royal Mail.

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
Royal Mail
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, YouGov had 8 more articles in the media than Royal Mail. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for YouGov and 1 mentions for Royal Mail. YouGov's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Royal Mail's score of 0.00 indicating that YouGov is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

YouGov has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
YouGov£270M1.84£22.70M£0.202,130.00
Royal Mail£12.71B0.16N/A£0.61339.34

Summary

YouGov beats Royal Mail on 14 of the 18 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£497.44M£2.38B£3.89B£1.39B
Dividend Yield2.05%3.21%4.41%11.73%
P/E Ratio2,130.003,481.40527.271,549.53
Price / Sales1.84194.33420.70209,150.30
Price / Cash29.5021.6127.7932.93
Price / Book2.602.363.572.80
Net Income£22.70M£97.90M£179.69M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-8.78%-0.98%3.34%-0.55%
1 Month Performance8.12%2.74%-1.36%7.05%
1 Year Performance-58.24%5.96%28.88%91.75%

YouGov Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YOU
YouGov
3.3273 of 5 stars
GBX 425
-0.7%
GBX 905
+112.9%
-59.2%£496.27M£270M2,125.001,820
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AGBX 207
+5.4%
N/A+0.0%£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 164.60
-0.2%
N/A+9.3%£1.76B£173.08M1,378.33N/A
GEN
Genuit Group
1.9014 of 5 stars
GBX 392
+1.0%
GBX 512.50
+30.7%
+26.0%£976.75M£554.10M3,880.002,700
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.224 of 5 stars
GBX 169.76
-0.4%
GBX 253.33
+49.2%
+58.5%£970.78M£447.70M8,525.001,526
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 54.85
-1.8%
N/A-51.8%£527.50M£877.10M797.86890Dividend Cut
Gap Up
WIX
Wickes Group
2.7236 of 5 stars
GBX 148.62
+0.3%
GBX 180
+21.1%
+12.3%£352.36M£1.53B1,235.005,930Gap Down
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AGBX 123.20
+2.0%
N/A-1.3%£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 1,414.97
+0.7%
N/A+12.4%£333.23M£53.86M841.32320Dividend Increase
Positive News
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 60.60
+0.2%
N/A+23.0%£231.02M£32.44M-3,022.501,310
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 138.10
-2.4%
N/A+38.7%£175.87M£294.27M1,150.002,960

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This page (LON:YOU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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