Computacenter (CCC) Competitors

FD Technologies (LON:FDP) and Computacenter (LON:CCC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to FDP or CCC?

In the previous week, Computacenter had 3 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Computacenter and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. Computacenter's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Computacenter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FD Technologies	Neutral
Computacenter	Positive

Is FDP or CCC a better dividend stock?

FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Computacenter pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. FD Technologies pays out -19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Computacenter pays out 47.5% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, FDP or CCC?

FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computacenter has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FDP or CCC?

Computacenter has a consensus target price of GBX 2,958.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.33%. Given Computacenter's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Computacenter is more favorable than FD Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FD Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Computacenter	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FDP or CCC?

Computacenter has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computacenter, 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
FD Technologies	£196.89M	2.20	-£32.27M	-£144.37	-13.51
Computacenter	£6.00B	0.44	£158.49M	£149.45	16.73

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FDP or CCC?

FD Technologies received 8 more outperform votes than Computacenter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.33% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 68.70% of users gave Computacenter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FD Technologies	Outperform Votes 324 77.33%	Underperform Votes 95 22.67%
Computacenter	Outperform Votes 316 68.70%	Underperform Votes 144 31.30%

Is FDP or CCC more profitable?

Computacenter has a net margin of 2.64% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Computacenter's return on equity of 17.61% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-24.32%	0.25%
Computacenter	2.64%	17.61%	4.83%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FDP or CCC?

85.1% of FD Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Computacenter shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.4% of Computacenter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Computacenter beats FD Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.