ATG vs. LTG, ALFA, CER, NCC, BIG, GBG, PBEE, ACSO, IDOX, and DOTD
Should you be buying Auction Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auction Technology Group include Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), Big Technologies (BIG), GB Group (GBG), PensionBee Group (PBEE), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), IDOX (IDOX), and dotdigital Group (DOTD). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Auction Technology Group (LON:ATG) and Learning Technologies Group (LON:LTG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
86.8% of Auction Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% of Learning Technologies Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Auction Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of Learning Technologies Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Learning Technologies Group has higher revenue and earnings than Auction Technology Group. Learning Technologies Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auction Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Auction Technology Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 18.89%. Learning Technologies Group has a consensus price target of GBX 107.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.72%. Given Learning Technologies Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Learning Technologies Group is more favorable than Auction Technology Group.
Auction Technology Group has a net margin of 6.70% compared to Learning Technologies Group's net margin of 5.24%. Learning Technologies Group's return on equity of 7.64% beat Auction Technology Group's return on equity.
Auction Technology Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Learning Technologies Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Learning Technologies Group received 244 more outperform votes than Auction Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.08% of users gave Auction Technology Group an outperform vote while only 72.85% of users gave Learning Technologies Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Auction Technology Group had 2 more articles in the media than Learning Technologies Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Auction Technology Group and 2 mentions for Learning Technologies Group. Auction Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Learning Technologies Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Auction Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Auction Technology Group and Learning Technologies Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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