TSTL vs. BVC, AMS, OXB, BVXP, APH, HVO, BXP, AVCT, NIOX, and 4BB
Should you be buying Tristel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tristel include BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Bioventix (BVXP), Alliance Pharma (APH), hVIVO (HVO), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), Avacta Group (AVCT), NIOX Group (NIOX), and 4basebio (4BB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Tristel (LON:TSTL) and BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Tristel currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential downside of 15.68%. Given Tristel's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tristel is more favorable than BATM Advanced Communications.
In the previous week, Tristel's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BATM Advanced Communications'average media sentiment score.
Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Tristel pays out 10,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
50.2% of Tristel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Tristel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned 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.
Tristel has a net margin of 15.29% compared to BATM Advanced Communications' net margin of -0.16%. Tristel's return on equity of 20.35% beat BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity.
BATM Advanced Communications received 42 more outperform votes than Tristel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote while only 49.48% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.
Tristel has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tristel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BATM Advanced Communications.
Summary
Tristel beats BATM Advanced Communications on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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