MIDW vs. NCC, CER, FDM, BIG, PAY, WPS, FDP, DOTD, IQE, and ALFA
Should you be buying Midwich Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midwich Group include NCC Group (NCC), Cerillion (CER), FDM Group (FDM), Big Technologies (BIG), PayPoint (PAY), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), FD Technologies (FDP), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IQE (IQE), and Alfa Financial Software (ALFA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) and NCC Group (LON:NCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Midwich Group has higher revenue and earnings than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Midwich Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Midwich Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 710, indicating a potential upside of 69.45%. NCC Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Midwich Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Midwich Group is more favorable than NCC Group.
Midwich Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Midwich Group pays out 6,296.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NCC Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Midwich Group has a net margin of 2.08% compared to NCC Group's net margin of -4.39%. Midwich Group's return on equity of 17.52% beat NCC Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 4 more articles in the media than Midwich Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NCC Group and 3 mentions for Midwich Group. Midwich Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat NCC Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Midwich Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NCC Group received 402 more outperform votes than Midwich Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.06% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote while only 73.20% of users gave Midwich Group an outperform vote.
68.2% of Midwich Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of NCC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of Midwich Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of NCC Group shares are owned 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.
Midwich Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCC Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Midwich Group beats NCC Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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