BATM Advanced Communications (BVC) Competitors

BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) and Tristel (LON:TSTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Is BVC or TSTL a better dividend stock?

BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. BATM Advanced Communications pays out -2,321.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tristel pays out 95.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BATM Advanced Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BVC or TSTL?

42.4% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Tristel shares are held by institutional investors. 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Tristel 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BVC or TSTL?

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 49.10% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BATM Advanced Communications	Outperform Votes 190 49.10%	Underperform Votes 197 50.90%
Tristel	Outperform Votes 148 57.36%	Underperform Votes 110 42.64%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BVC or TSTL?

Tristel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BATM Advanced Communications. BATM Advanced Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tristel, 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
BATM Advanced Communications	£130.32M	0.72	-£278.26K	-£0.04	-412.07
Tristel	£42.24M	4.41	£6.54M	£13.66	28.54

Does the media favor BVC or TSTL?

In the previous week, BATM Advanced Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Tristel. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BATM Advanced Communications and 0 mentions for Tristel. BATM Advanced Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Tristel's score of 0.00 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BATM Advanced Communications	Positive
Tristel	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BVC or TSTL?

BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tristel has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BVC or TSTL more profitable?

Tristel has a net margin of 15.47% compared to BATM Advanced Communications' net margin of -0.21%. Tristel's return on equity of 20.43% beat BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BATM Advanced Communications	-0.21%	-0.22%	0.58%
Tristel	15.47%	20.43%	9.89%

Summary

Tristel beats BATM Advanced Communications on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.