CCP vs. TMO, EMAN, SNWS, STVG, DEVO, PEBB, LBG, FDEV, CAU, and SYS1
Should you be buying Celtic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celtic include Time Out Group (TMO), Everyman Media Group (EMAN), Smiths News (SNWS), STV Group (STVG), Devolver Digital (DEVO), The Pebble Group (PEBB), LBG Media (LBG), Frontier Developments (FDEV), Centaur Media (CAU), and System1 Group (SYS1). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Celtic (LON:CCP) and Time Out Group (LON:TMO) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Celtic currently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, indicating a potential upside of 40.74%. Given Celtic's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Celtic is more favorable than Time Out Group.
Time Out Group received 146 more outperform votes than Celtic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.91% of users gave Time Out Group an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Celtic an outperform vote.
Celtic has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Time Out Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Celtic had 1 more articles in the media than Time Out Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Celtic and 0 mentions for Time Out Group. Celtic's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Time Out Group's score of -0.58 indicating that Celtic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celtic has a net margin of 21.73% compared to Time Out Group's net margin of -17.66%. Celtic's return on equity of 23.88% beat Time Out Group's return on equity.
21.4% of Celtic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Time Out Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Celtic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Time Out Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Celtic has higher revenue and earnings than Time Out Group. Time Out Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celtic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Celtic beats Time Out Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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