BATM Advanced Communications (BVC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TSTL or BVC?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TSTL or BVC?

Tristel has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Tristel	£42.24M	4.05	£6.54M	£13.66	26.20
BATM Advanced Communications	£130.32M	0.59	-£278.26K	-£0.04	-335.46

Is TSTL or BVC a better dividend stock?

Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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 pays out -2,321.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BATM Advanced Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TSTL or BVC 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
Tristel	15.47%	20.43%	9.89%
BATM Advanced Communications	-0.21%	-0.22%	0.58%

Which has more risk & volatility, TSTL or BVC?

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TSTL or BVC?

50.4% of Tristel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Tristel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TSTL or BVC?

In the previous week, BATM Advanced Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Tristel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BATM Advanced Communications and 1 mentions for Tristel. BATM Advanced Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Tristel's score of 0.67 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tristel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BATM Advanced Communications	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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