CTG vs. VNET, REAT, CPP, MIND, RBGP, DSW, WATR, SFT, INSE, and GATC
Should you be buying Christie Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Christie Group include Vianet Group (VNET), REACT Group (REAT), CPPGroup (CPP), Mind Gym (MIND), RBG (RBGP), DSW Capital (DSW), Water Intelligence (WATR), Software Circle (SFT), Inspired (INSE), and Gattaca (GATC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Christie Group (LON:CTG) and Vianet Group (LON:VNET) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Vianet Group has a net margin of 0.47% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -5.77%. Vianet Group's return on equity of 0.26% beat Christie Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Christie Group had 3 more articles in the media than Vianet Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Christie Group and 1 mentions for Vianet Group. Vianet Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Christie Group's score of -0.15 indicating that Vianet Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vianet Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Christie Group.
Christie Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vianet Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vianet Group received 8 more outperform votes than Christie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.46% of users gave Vianet Group an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Christie Group an outperform vote.
0.3% of Christie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Vianet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 86.1% of Christie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Vianet Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Christie Group pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Vianet Group beats Christie Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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