DEVO vs. FDEV, TM17, PEBB, STVG, CCP, SNWS, CAU, SYS1, LBG, and EBQ
Should you be buying Devolver Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Devolver Digital include Frontier Developments (FDEV), Team17 Group (TM17), The Pebble Group (PEBB), STV Group (STVG), Celtic (CCP), Smiths News (SNWS), Centaur Media (CAU), System1 Group (SYS1), LBG Media (LBG), and Ebiquity (EBQ). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Devolver Digital (LON:DEVO) and Frontier Developments (LON:FDEV) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Devolver Digital had 3 more articles in the media than Frontier Developments. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Devolver Digital and 0 mentions for Frontier Developments. Frontier Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Devolver Digital's score of -0.10 indicating that Frontier Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Devolver Digital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 31, indicating a potential upside of 31.91%. Frontier Developments has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential downside of 12.62%. Given Devolver Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Devolver Digital is more favorable than Frontier Developments.
17.3% of Devolver Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Frontier Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of Devolver Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Frontier Developments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Frontier Developments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Devolver Digital. Devolver Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontier Developments received 325 more outperform votes than Devolver Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.67% of users gave Frontier Developments an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Devolver Digital an outperform vote.
Frontier Developments has a net margin of -63.83% compared to Devolver Digital's net margin of -67.73%. Devolver Digital's return on equity of -42.74% beat Frontier Developments' return on equity.
Devolver Digital has a beta of -0.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Developments has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Frontier Developments beats Devolver Digital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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