CCC vs. SCT, FDM, RSW, SOPH, DARK, MCRO, KNOS, OXIG, SXS, and MONY
Should you be buying Computacenter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Computacenter include Softcat (SCT), FDM Group (FDM), Renishaw (RSW), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Darktrace (DARK), Micro Focus International (MCRO), Kainos Group (KNOS), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Spectris (SXS), and Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Computacenter vs.
Softcat (LON:SCT) and Computacenter (LON:CCC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Softcat pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Computacenter pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Softcat pays out 4,629.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Computacenter pays out 4,276.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Computacenter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
38.4% of Softcat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Computacenter shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.6% of Softcat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Computacenter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Computacenter has higher revenue and earnings than Softcat. Computacenter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Softcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Computacenter received 20 more outperform votes than Softcat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 68.58% of users gave Computacenter an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Softcat had 2 more articles in the media than Computacenter. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Softcat and 0 mentions for Computacenter. Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Computacenter's average media sentiment score.
Softcat has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computacenter has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Softcat has a net margin of 10.69% compared to Computacenter's net margin of 2.83%. Softcat's return on equity of 59.01% beat Computacenter's return on equity.
Softcat presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,755, suggesting a potential upside of 26.08%. Computacenter has a consensus price target of GBX 2,674, suggesting a potential upside of 15.36%. Given Softcat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Softcat is more favorable than Computacenter.
Summary
Softcat beats Computacenter on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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