Frontier Developments (FDEV) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FDEV or EVPL?

Frontier Developments presently has a consensus target price of GBX 315, suggesting a potential downside of 12.50%. Everplay Group has a consensus target price of GBX 401.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.06%. Given Everplay Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Everplay Group is more favorable than Frontier Developments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Developments	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Everplay Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer FDEV or EVPL?

In the previous week, Frontier Developments had 10 more articles in the media than Everplay Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Frontier Developments and 2 mentions for Everplay Group. Frontier Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Everplay Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Frontier Developments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontier Developments	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Everplay Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FDEV or EVPL?

Everplay Group has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Developments.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Frontier Developments	£88.80M	1.56	-£21.36M	-£55.87	-6.44
Everplay Group	£167.42M	3.32	-£3.75M	N/A	N/A

Is FDEV or EVPL 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
Frontier Developments	-24.05%	-30.43%	-4.87%
Everplay Group	-0.18%	-0.12%	6.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, FDEV or EVPL?

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

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

33.2% of Frontier Developments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Everplay Group shares are held by institutional investors. 49.5% of Frontier Developments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of Everplay Group shares are held 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.

Summary

Everplay Group beats Frontier Developments on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.