OUTFRONT Media (OUT) Competitors

Futu (NASDAQ:FUTU) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FUTU or OUT?

OUTFRONT Media received 252 more outperform votes than Futu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.68% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote while only 48.68% of users gave Futu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Futu	Outperform Votes 37 48.68%	Underperform Votes 39 51.32%
OUTFRONT Media	Outperform Votes 289 57.68%	Underperform Votes 212 42.32%

Is FUTU or OUT more profitable?

Futu has a net margin of 38.59% compared to OUTFRONT Media's net margin of 13.30%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 40.33% beat Futu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Futu	38.59%	16.86%	3.80%
OUTFRONT Media	13.30%	40.33%	4.54%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FUTU or OUT?

Futu has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Futu, 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
Futu	$1.28B	9.41	$548.14M	$4.08	21.45
OUTFRONT Media	$1.84B	1.67	-$430.40M	$1.40	13.52

Which has more volatility & risk, FUTU or OUT?

Futu has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FUTU or OUT?

Futu presently has a consensus price target of $91.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.35%. Given Futu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Futu is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Futu	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
OUTFRONT Media	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to FUTU or OUT?

In the previous week, Futu had 1 more articles in the media than OUTFRONT Media. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Futu and 4 mentions for OUTFRONT Media. Futu's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat OUTFRONT Media's score of 0.39 indicating that Futu is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Futu	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OUTFRONT Media	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Futu beats OUTFRONT Media on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.