Frontier Developments (FDEV) Competitors

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

Is EVPL or FDEV more profitable?

Everplay Group has a net margin of -0.18% compared to Frontier Developments' net margin of -24.05%. Everplay Group's return on equity of -0.12% beat Frontier Developments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everplay Group	-0.18%	-0.12%	6.83%
Frontier Developments	-24.05%	-30.43%	-4.87%

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

39.3% of Everplay Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Frontier Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.3% of Everplay Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.7% of Frontier Developments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, EVPL or FDEV?

Everplay Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Developments has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend EVPL or FDEV?

Everplay Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 443, suggesting a potential upside of 17.82%. Frontier Developments has a consensus price target of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 1.08%. Given Everplay Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Everplay Group is more favorable than Frontier Developments.

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
Frontier Developments	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EVPL or FDEV?

Everplay Group has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Developments. Frontier Developments 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
Frontier Developments	£90.60M	1.71	-£21.36M	£0.41	1,008.50

Does the media favor EVPL or FDEV?

In the previous week, Frontier Developments had 19 more articles in the media than Everplay Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Frontier Developments and 0 mentions for Everplay Group. Frontier Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Everplay Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Frontier Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Everplay Group	Neutral
Frontier Developments	Positive

Summary

Everplay Group beats Frontier Developments on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.