RCN vs. KCT, ECK, FDP, FDM, FNX, IQG, TRCS, ACSO, VID, and IQE
Should you be buying Redcentric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redcentric include Kin and Carta (KCT), Eckoh (ECK), FD Technologies (FDP), FDM Group (FDM), Fonix Mobile (FNX), IQGeo Group (IQG), Tracsis (TRCS), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), Videndum (VID), and IQE (IQE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kin and Carta (LON:KCT) and Redcentric (LON:RCN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Redcentric received 148 more outperform votes than Kin and Carta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.38% of users gave Kin and Carta an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Redcentric an outperform vote.
96.5% of Kin and Carta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Redcentric shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Kin and Carta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Redcentric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kin and Carta has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redcentric has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Redcentric has a net margin of -2.12% compared to Redcentric's net margin of -9.77%. Kin and Carta's return on equity of -5.27% beat Redcentric's return on equity.
In the previous week, Redcentric had 1 more articles in the media than Kin and Carta. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Redcentric and 0 mentions for Kin and Carta. Kin and Carta's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Redcentric's score of 0.00 indicating that Redcentric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kin and Carta pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Redcentric pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Kin and Carta pays out -1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Redcentric pays out -20,000.0% 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. Redcentric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kin and Carta presently has a consensus price target of GBX 250, indicating a potential upside of 92.90%. Given Redcentric's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kin and Carta is more favorable than Redcentric.
Redcentric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kin and Carta. Redcentric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kin and Carta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Redcentric beats Kin and Carta on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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