Bigblu Broadband (BBB) Competitors

Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) and Maintel (LON:MAI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBB or MAI?

Maintel received 51 more outperform votes than Bigblu Broadband when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Bigblu Broadband an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave Maintel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bigblu Broadband	Outperform Votes 46 67.65%	Underperform Votes 22 32.35%
Maintel	Outperform Votes 97 53.01%	Underperform Votes 86 46.99%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BBB or MAI?

54.1% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of Maintel shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Maintel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BBB or MAI more profitable?

Bigblu Broadband has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Maintel's net margin of -2.52%. Bigblu Broadband's return on equity of 72.30% beat Maintel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bigblu Broadband	16.14%	72.30%	-6.57%
Maintel	-2.52%	-17.74%	2.89%

Is BBB or MAI a better dividend stock?

Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 409.1%. Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Bigblu Broadband pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maintel pays out -198.6% 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.

Does the media prefer BBB or MAI?

In the previous week, Bigblu Broadband's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Maintel'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bigblu Broadband	Neutral
Maintel	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maintel has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has higher revenue and earnings than Maintel. Maintel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bigblu Broadband, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bigblu Broadband	£15.64B	0.00	£2.52B	£4.27 thousand	0.01
Maintel	£100.40M	0.27	-£2.53M	-£17.63	-10.89

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.