Concurrent Technologies (CNC) Competitors

Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CNC or PFG?

24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CNC or PFG?

Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CNC or PFG?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies	Positive
Vanquis Banking Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNC or PFG?

Vanquis Banking Group received 438 more outperform votes than Concurrent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.52% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concurrent Technologies	Outperform Votes 51 56.67%	Underperform Votes 39 43.33%
Vanquis Banking Group	Outperform Votes 489 60.52%	Underperform Votes 319 39.48%

Is CNC or PFG more profitable?

Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 8.73%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Concurrent Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	13.89%	8.31%
Vanquis Banking Group	8.73%	17.19%	4.14%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CNC or PFG?

Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Concurrent Technologies. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, 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
Concurrent Technologies	£36.64M	4.38	£5.09M	£5.85	31.75
Vanquis Banking Group	£446.50M	0.00	£103.50M	£0.41	N/A

Is CNC or PFG a better dividend stock?

Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. Concurrent Technologies pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vanquis Banking Group pays out 4,146.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Concurrent Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Concurrent Technologies and Vanquis Banking Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.