DSCV vs. TTG, KETL, SOLI, GHH, WPHO, LST, PPIX, ZYT, PSL, and BOU
Should you be buying discoverIE Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of discoverIE Group include TT Electronics (TTG), Strix Group (KETL), Solid State (SOLI), Gooch & Housego (GHH), Windar Photonics (WPHO), Light Science Technologies (LST), ProPhotonix (PPIX), Zytronic (ZYT), Photonstar Led Group (PSL), and Bould Opportunities (BOU). These companies are all part of the "electronic components" industry.
TT Electronics (LON:TTG) and discoverIE Group (LON:DSCV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
discoverIE Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TT Electronics. TT Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than discoverIE Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TT Electronics pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. discoverIE Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. TT Electronics pays out -17,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. discoverIE Group pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TT Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TT Electronics currently has a consensus price target of GBX 228.33, suggesting a potential upside of 52.22%. discoverIE Group has a consensus price target of GBX 977.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.27%. Given discoverIE Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe TT Electronics is more favorable than discoverIE Group.
TT Electronics has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, discoverIE Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TT Electronics received 379 more outperform votes than discoverIE Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.32% of users gave TT Electronics an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave discoverIE Group an outperform vote.
94.9% of TT Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of discoverIE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of TT Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of discoverIE Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
discoverIE Group has a net margin of 4.93% compared to discoverIE Group's net margin of -1.11%. TT Electronics' return on equity of 7.14% beat discoverIE Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, discoverIE Group had 2 more articles in the media than TT Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for discoverIE Group and 0 mentions for TT Electronics. TT Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat discoverIE Group's score of 0.00 indicating that discoverIE Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
discoverIE Group beats TT Electronics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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