BIG vs. COST, ELA, BOOT, BMPI, HAST, BILB, HVT, BCAP, POL, and AEO
Should you be buying Big Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big Technologies include Costain Group (COST), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC - Income Shares (BMPI), Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust (HAST), Bilby (BILB), Heavitree Brewery (HVT), Better Capital PCC Limited 2009 (BCAP.L) (BCAP), Polo Resources (POL), and Aeorema Communications (AEO). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Big Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Big Technologies (LON:BIG) and Costain Group (LON:COST) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Big Technologies has a net margin of 23.01% compared to Costain Group's net margin of 2.33%. Costain Group's return on equity of 13.56% beat Big Technologies' return on equity.
Big Technologies presently has a consensus price target of GBX 80, suggesting a potential downside of 10.31%. Costain Group has a consensus price target of GBX 105, suggesting a potential downside of 28.38%. Given Big Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Big Technologies is more favorable than Costain Group.
In the previous week, Big Technologies had 14 more articles in the media than Costain Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Big Technologies and 3 mentions for Costain Group. Costain Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Big Technologies' score of 0.42 indicating that Costain Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
40.4% of Big Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Costain Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.5% of Big Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Costain Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Costain Group has higher revenue and earnings than Big Technologies. Costain Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Big Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Big Technologies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costain Group has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Costain Group beats Big Technologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BIG) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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