Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) Competitors

Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) and Digital 9 Infrastructure (LON:DGI9) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is MTE or DGI9 a better dividend stock?

Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Digital 9 Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 78.6%. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Digital 9 Infrastructure pays out -11.0% 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. Digital 9 Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MTE or DGI9?

Montanaro European Smaller has higher revenue and earnings than Digital 9 Infrastructure. Digital 9 Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro European Smaller, 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
Montanaro European Smaller	£57.06M	5.32	£53.01M	£27.52	5.80
Digital 9 Infrastructure	£4.51M	14.41	-£456.44M	-£54.34	-0.14

Does the media prefer MTE or DGI9?

In the previous week, Digital 9 Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than Montanaro European Smaller. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Digital 9 Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Montanaro European Smaller. Montanaro European Smaller's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Digital 9 Infrastructure's score of -0.61 indicating that Montanaro European Smaller is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro European Smaller	Neutral
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Negative

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MTE or DGI9?

21.1% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MTE or DGI9?

Montanaro European Smaller received 51 more outperform votes than Digital 9 Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Digital 9 Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Is MTE or DGI9 more profitable?

Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 92.90% compared to Digital 9 Infrastructure's net margin of -10,114.37%. Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity of 16.87% beat Digital 9 Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro European Smaller	92.90%	16.87%	2.99%
Digital 9 Infrastructure	-10,114.37%	-67.49%	N/A

Summary

Montanaro European Smaller beats Digital 9 Infrastructure on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.