EBQ vs. CAU, SYS1, NAH, TMG, PEBB, EMAN, NWOR, BOOM, MAI, and BBSN
Should you be buying Ebiquity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ebiquity include Centaur Media (CAU), System1 Group (SYS1), NAHL Group (NAH), The Mission Group (TMG), The Pebble Group (PEBB), Everyman Media Group (EMAN), National World (NWOR), Audioboom Group (BOOM), Maintel (MAI), and Brave Bison Group (BBSN). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Centaur Media (LON:CAU) and Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
76.6% of Centaur Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Ebiquity shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Centaur Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Ebiquity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Centaur Media and Centaur Media both had 1 articles in the media. Ebiquity's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Centaur Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Centaur Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centaur Media pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ebiquity pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Centaur Media pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ebiquity pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Centaur Media has a net margin of 12.99% compared to Centaur Media's net margin of -5.18%. Ebiquity's return on equity of 11.35% beat Centaur Media's return on equity.
Centaur Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ebiquity. Ebiquity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centaur Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Centaur Media has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ebiquity has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centaur Media received 208 more outperform votes than Ebiquity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave Centaur Media an outperform vote while only 72.36% of users gave Ebiquity an outperform vote.
Summary
Centaur Media beats Ebiquity on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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