ATG vs. TRST, GBG, LTG, ALFA, CER, NCC, BIG, IDOX, IQG, and TRCS
Should you be buying Auction Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auction Technology Group include Trustpilot Group (TRST), GB Group (GBG), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), Big Technologies (BIG), IDOX (IDOX), IQGeo Group (IQG), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Auction Technology Group (LON:ATG) and Trustpilot Group (LON:TRST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Auction Technology Group has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Trustpilot Group's net margin of 4.03%. Trustpilot Group's return on equity of 13.05% beat Auction Technology Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Trustpilot Group had 6 more articles in the media than Auction Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Trustpilot Group and 1 mentions for Auction Technology Group. Trustpilot Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Auction Technology Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Trustpilot Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Auction Technology Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trustpilot Group. Auction Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustpilot Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Auction Technology Group has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustpilot Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustpilot Group received 4 more outperform votes than Auction Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.41% of users gave Trustpilot Group an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave Auction Technology Group an outperform vote.
86.3% of Auction Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Trustpilot Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Auction Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Trustpilot Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Auction Technology Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 786.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Trustpilot Group has a consensus price target of GBX 225, suggesting a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Auction Technology Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Auction Technology Group is more favorable than Trustpilot Group.
Summary
Trustpilot Group beats Auction Technology Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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