dotdigital Group (DOTD) Competitors

Learning Technologies Group (LON:LTG) and dotdigital Group (LON:DOTD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Is LTG or DOTD more profitable?

dotdigital Group has a net margin of 14.01% compared to Learning Technologies Group's net margin of 8.94%. dotdigital Group's return on equity of 11.80% beat Learning Technologies Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Learning Technologies Group	8.94%	10.84%	6.36%
dotdigital Group	14.01%	11.80%	8.64%

Is LTG or DOTD a better dividend stock?

Learning Technologies Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. dotdigital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Learning Technologies Group pays out 33.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. dotdigital Group pays out 27.9% 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. dotdigital Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate LTG or DOTD?

dotdigital Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 130.77%. Given dotdigital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe dotdigital Group is more favorable than Learning Technologies Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Learning Technologies Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
dotdigital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer LTG or DOTD?

In the previous week, dotdigital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Learning Technologies Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for dotdigital Group and 0 mentions for Learning Technologies Group. Learning Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled dotdigital Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Learning Technologies Group	Neutral
dotdigital Group	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LTG or DOTD?

Learning Technologies Group has higher revenue and earnings than dotdigital Group. Learning Technologies 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Learning Technologies Group	£529.20M	0.00	£47.30M	£5.96	N/A
dotdigital Group	£82.59M	2.42	£11.03M	£0.04	1,810.58

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LTG or DOTD?

60.7% of Learning Technologies Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of dotdigital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Learning Technologies Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of dotdigital Group shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, LTG or DOTD?

Learning Technologies Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more 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.

Summary

dotdigital Group beats Learning Technologies Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.