888 vs. PTEC, JPJ, RNK, GMR, STR, BOTB, CMX, B90, SPO, and VLTY
Should you be buying 888 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 888 include Playtech (PTEC), JPJ Group (JPJ), The Rank Group (RNK), Gaming Realms (GMR), Stride Gaming (STR), Best of the Best (BOTB), Catalyst Media Group (CMX), B90 (B90), Sportech (SPO), and Veltyco Group (VLTY). These companies are all part of the "gambling" industry.
888 (LON:888) and Playtech (LON:PTEC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
888 pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Playtech pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 888 pays out -8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Playtech pays out 5,172.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 888 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
888 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 127.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.30%. Playtech has a consensus price target of GBX 559.07, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Given 888's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe 888 is more favorable than Playtech.
888 received 17 more outperform votes than Playtech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.95% of users gave Playtech an outperform vote while only 74.56% of users gave 888 an outperform vote.
888 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, 888 had 16 more articles in the media than Playtech. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for 888 and 0 mentions for Playtech. Playtech's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat 888's score of -0.41 indicating that Playtech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.7% of 888 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Playtech shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of 888 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Playtech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
888 has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playtech has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Playtech has a net margin of 6.16% compared to 888's net margin of -3.30%. Playtech's return on equity of 5.99% beat 888's return on equity.
Summary
Playtech beats 888 on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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