VNET vs. CTG, MIND, CPP, RBGP, REAT, DSW, WATR, INSE, SFT, and KGH
Should you be buying Vianet Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vianet Group include Christie Group (CTG), Mind Gym (MIND), CPPGroup (CPP), RBG (RBGP), REACT Group (REAT), DSW Capital (DSW), Water Intelligence (WATR), Inspired (INSE), Software Circle (SFT), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Vianet Group (LON:VNET) and Christie Group (LON:CTG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Christie Group has a net margin of 0.62% compared to Vianet Group's net margin of 0.47%. Christie Group's return on equity of 9.39% beat Vianet Group's return on equity.
Christie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vianet Group.
Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Christie Group pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vianet Group received 8 more outperform votes than Christie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.46% of users gave Vianet Group an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Christie Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Christie Group had 7 more articles in the media than Vianet Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Christie Group and 0 mentions for Vianet Group. Christie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Vianet Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Christie Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vianet Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Christie Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
61.5% of Vianet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Christie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.1% of Vianet Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 83.8% of Christie Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Christie Group beats Vianet Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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