OSB vs. PAG, MAB1, LINV, ICP, SDR, FCIT, HL, PHNX, MNG, and BEZ
Should you be buying OSB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OSB Group include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), LendInvest (LINV), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Phoenix Group (PHNX), M&G (MNG), and Beazley (BEZ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
OSB Group (LON:OSB) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. OSB Group pays out 4,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group pays out 5,606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.2% of OSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of OSB Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
OSB Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.92%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 696.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.87%. Given OSB Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Paragon Banking Group and 0 mentions for OSB Group. OSB Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Paragon Banking Group's score of 0.59 indicating that OSB Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OSB Group has a net margin of 46.36% compared to Paragon Banking Group's net margin of 39.13%. OSB Group's return on equity of 13.01% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paragon Banking Group received 250 more outperform votes than OSB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.79% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 75.23% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
OSB Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSB Group beats Paragon Banking Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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