Everplay Group (EVPL) Competitors

Keywords Studios (LON:KWS) and Everplay Group (LON:EVPL) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KWS or EVPL?

85.2% of Keywords Studios shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Everplay Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Keywords Studios shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Everplay Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, KWS or EVPL?

Everplay Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Keywords Studios. Keywords Studios is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everplay 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
Keywords Studios	£807.60M	0.00	-£26.59M	-£0.24	N/A
Everplay Group	£166.62M	3.56	-£3.75M	£0.14	2,942.86

Which has more volatility and risk, KWS or EVPL?

Keywords Studios has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everplay Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KWS or EVPL more profitable?

Everplay Group has a net margin of -0.18% compared to Keywords Studios' net margin of -3.29%. Everplay Group's return on equity of -0.12% beat Keywords Studios' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keywords Studios	-3.29%	-4.31%	4.05%
Everplay Group	-0.18%	-0.12%	6.83%

Does the media favor KWS or EVPL?

In the previous week, Everplay Group had 9 more articles in the media than Keywords Studios. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Everplay Group and 0 mentions for Keywords Studios. Everplay Group's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Keywords Studios' score of 0.00 indicating that Everplay Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Keywords Studios	Neutral
Everplay Group	Neutral

Do analysts rate KWS or EVPL?

Everplay Group has a consensus price target of GBX 431.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.67%. Given Everplay Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Everplay Group is more favorable than Keywords Studios.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keywords Studios	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Everplay Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Everplay Group beats Keywords Studios on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.