CTG vs. VNET, CPP, REAT, MIND, RBGP, DSW, WATR, SFT, INSE, and EAAS
Should you be buying Christie Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Christie Group include Vianet Group (VNET), CPPGroup (CPP), REACT Group (REAT), Mind Gym (MIND), RBG (RBGP), DSW Capital (DSW), Water Intelligence (WATR), Software Circle (SFT), Inspired (INSE), and eEnergy Group (EAAS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Christie Group (LON:CTG) and Vianet Group (LON:VNET) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Christie Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vianet Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.3% of Christie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Vianet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 83.8% of Christie Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Vianet Group shares are owned by 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.
Christie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vianet Group.
In the previous week, Christie Group had 1 more articles in the media than Vianet Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Christie Group and 0 mentions for Vianet Group. Christie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Vianet Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Christie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Christie Group has a net margin of 0.62% compared to Vianet Group's net margin of 0.47%. Christie Group's return on equity of 9.39% beat Vianet Group's return on equity.
Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Christie Group pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vianet Group received 8 more outperform votes than Christie Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.46% of users gave Vianet Group an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Christie Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Christie Group beats Vianet Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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