Everplay Group (EVPL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, EVPL or KWS?

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

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

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

Is EVPL or KWS a better dividend stock?

Everplay Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Keywords Studios pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Everplay Group pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keywords Studios pays out -1,250.0% 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.

Do analysts rate EVPL or KWS?

Everplay Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 443, suggesting a potential upside of 17.82%. Given Everplay Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Everplay Group is more favorable than Keywords Studios.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everplay Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Keywords Studios	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer EVPL or KWS?

In the previous week, Everplay Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Keywords Studios'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Everplay Group	Neutral
Keywords Studios	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, EVPL or KWS?

Everplay Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Everplay Group	£158.33M	3.42	-£3.75M	£0.15	2,490.07
Keywords Studios	£807.60M	0.00	-£26.59M	-£0.24	N/A

Is EVPL or KWS 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
Everplay Group	-0.18%	-0.12%	6.83%
Keywords Studios	-3.29%	-4.31%	4.05%

Summary

Everplay Group beats Keywords Studios on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.