SNWS vs. DMGT, BMY, DODS, RCH, LBG, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, XLM, and QRTR
Should you be buying Smiths News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smiths News include Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), XLMedia (XLM), and The Quarto Group (QRTR). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.
Daily Mail and General Trust (LON:DMGT) and Smiths News (LON:SNWS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Smiths News had 1 more articles in the media than Daily Mail and General Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Smiths News and 0 mentions for Daily Mail and General Trust. Smiths News' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Daily Mail and General Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Daily Mail and General Trust received 499 more outperform votes than Smiths News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Smiths News an outperform vote while only 66.45% of users gave Daily Mail and General Trust an outperform vote.
Daily Mail and General Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Smiths News pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Daily Mail and General Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths News pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Smiths News has higher revenue and earnings than Daily Mail and General Trust. Daily Mail and General Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smiths News has a net margin of 2.16% compared to Smiths News' net margin of 0.00%.
61.7% of Smiths News shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Smiths News shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Smiths News has a consensus price target of GBX 80, suggesting a potential upside of 30.72%. Given Daily Mail and General Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smiths News is more favorable than Daily Mail and General Trust.
Summary
Smiths News beats Daily Mail and General Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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