Maintel (MAI) Competitors

Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) and Maintel (LON:MAI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Do analysts rate BBB or MAI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bigblu Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Maintel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maintel has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maintel. Bigblu Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maintel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bigblu Broadband	£31.29M	0.77	-£4.21M	-£0.07	-585.71
Maintel	£91.75M	0.39	-£6.86M	-£0.48	-520.83

Is BBB or MAI more profitable?

Maintel has a net margin of -7.47% compared to Maintel's net margin of -13.53%. Maintel's return on equity of -31.82% beat Bigblu Broadband's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bigblu Broadband	-13.53%	-31.82%	-5.82%
Maintel	-7.47%	-34.18%	-2.17%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBB or MAI?

Maintel received 51 more outperform votes than Bigblu Broadband when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Bigblu Broadband an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave Maintel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bigblu Broadband	Outperform Votes 46 67.65%	Underperform Votes 22 32.35%
Maintel	Outperform Votes 97 53.01%	Underperform Votes 86 46.99%

Is BBB or MAI a better dividend stock?

Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 219.5%. Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Bigblu Broadband pays out -128,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maintel pays out -7,291.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bigblu Broadband is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor BBB or MAI?

In the previous week, Maintel had 2 more articles in the media than Bigblu Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Maintel and 0 mentions for Bigblu Broadband. Maintel's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Bigblu Broadband's score of -0.03 indicating that Bigblu Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bigblu Broadband	Positive
Maintel	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BBB or MAI?

53.7% of Bigblu Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Maintel shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Bigblu Broadband shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.7% of Maintel shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.