FDEV vs. DEVO, CAU, SYS1, PEBB, STVG, EBQ, EMAN, CCPA, BOOM, and CCP
Should you be buying Frontier Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontier Developments include Devolver Digital (DEVO), Centaur Media (CAU), System1 Group (SYS1), The Pebble Group (PEBB), STV Group (STVG), Ebiquity (EBQ), Everyman Media Group (EMAN), Celtic (CCPA), Audioboom Group (BOOM), and Celtic (CCP). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Devolver Digital (LON:DEVO) and Frontier Developments (LON:FDEV) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
Devolver Digital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 31, suggesting a potential upside of 31.91%. Frontier Developments has a consensus price target of GBX 180, suggesting a potential downside of 13.96%. Given Frontier Developments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Devolver Digital is more favorable than Frontier Developments.
Devolver Digital has a beta of -0.32, meaning that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Developments has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Frontier Developments has a net margin of -63.83% compared to Frontier Developments' net margin of -67.73%. Frontier Developments' return on equity of -42.74% beat Devolver Digital's return on equity.
Frontier Developments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Devolver Digital. Devolver Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.3% of Devolver Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Frontier Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Devolver Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Frontier Developments 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.
Frontier Developments received 325 more outperform votes than Devolver Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.67% of users gave Frontier Developments an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Devolver Digital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Devolver Digital had 3 more articles in the media than Frontier Developments. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Devolver Digital and 0 mentions for Frontier Developments. Devolver Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Frontier Developments' score of -0.10 indicating that Frontier Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Frontier Developments beats Devolver Digital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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