Computacenter (CCC) Competitors

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

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

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

Do analysts prefer CCC or FDP?

Computacenter currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,958.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.55%. Given Computacenter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Computacenter is more favorable than FD Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Computacenter	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
FD Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCC or FDP?

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
Computacenter	£6.00B	0.40	£158.49M	£149.45	15.16
FD Technologies	£196.89M	2.75	-£32.27M	-£144.37	-16.90

Is CCC or FDP a better dividend stock?

Computacenter pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Computacenter pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FD Technologies pays out -19.4% 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.

Is CCC or FDP 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
Computacenter	2.64%	17.61%	4.83%
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-24.32%	0.25%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCC or FDP?

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

Does the media favor CCC or FDP?

In the previous week, Computacenter had 1 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Computacenter and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. Computacenter's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Computacenter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Computacenter	Positive
FD Technologies	Neutral

Summary

Computacenter beats FD Technologies on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.