NCC vs. CER, BIG, ALFA, DOTD, PBEE, IDOX, ACSO, TRCS, IQG, and LTG
Should you be buying NCC Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NCC Group include Cerillion (CER), Big Technologies (BIG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), dotdigital Group (DOTD), PensionBee Group (PBEE), IDOX (IDOX), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), Tracsis (TRCS), IQGeo Group (IQG), and Learning Technologies Group (LTG). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
NCC Group (LON:NCC) and Cerillion (LON:CER) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
NCC Group received 355 more outperform votes than Cerillion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.06% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote while only 65.70% of users gave Cerillion an outperform vote.
NCC Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerillion has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Cerillion has a net margin of 33.01% compared to NCC Group's net margin of -4.39%. Cerillion's return on equity of 40.65% beat NCC Group's return on equity.
73.5% of NCC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of Cerillion shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of NCC Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Cerillion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NCC Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Cerillion has a consensus price target of GBX 1,616.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Given NCC Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NCC Group is more favorable than Cerillion.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 3 more articles in the media than Cerillion. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NCC Group and 4 mentions for Cerillion. Cerillion's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat NCC Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Cerillion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cerillion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerillion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Cerillion pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. NCC Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cerillion pays out 2,500.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Cerillion beats NCC Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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