DOTD vs. KNOS, LTG, ALFA, GBG, ATG, FBT, CER, IMO, NCC, and BIG
Should you be buying dotdigital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of dotdigital Group include Kainos Group (KNOS), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), GB Group (GBG), Auction Technology Group (ATG), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), Cerillion (CER), IMImobile (IMO), NCC Group (NCC), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
dotdigital Group vs.
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and dotdigital Group (LON:DOTD) 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, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. dotdigital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kainos Group pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. dotdigital Group pays out 27.6% 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.
Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dotdigital Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kainos Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,078.33, suggesting a potential upside of 47.11%. dotdigital Group has a consensus target price of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 79.94%. Given dotdigital Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe dotdigital Group is more favorable than Kainos Group.
44.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of dotdigital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of dotdigital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kainos Group had 8 more articles in the media than dotdigital Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kainos Group and 1 mentions for dotdigital Group. dotdigital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.36 indicating that dotdigital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
dotdigital Group has a net margin of 14.01% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 12.74%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat dotdigital Group's return on equity.
Kainos Group has higher revenue and earnings than dotdigital Group. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than dotdigital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kainos Group received 32 more outperform votes than dotdigital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.07% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 55.47% of users gave dotdigital Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Kainos Group beats dotdigital Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DOTD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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