Frontier Developments (FDEV) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DEVO or FDEV?

12.7% of Devolver Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.2% of Frontier Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Devolver Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.5% of Frontier Developments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DEVO or FDEV?

Devolver Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Developments. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Devolver Digital	£100.06M	1.38	-£7.11M	-£0.01	-2,945.00
Frontier Developments	£89.27M	1.05	-£21.47M	-£0.56	-425.00

Do analysts rate DEVO or FDEV?

Devolver Digital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. Frontier Developments has a consensus target price of GBX 250, suggesting a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Devolver Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Devolver Digital is more favorable than Frontier Developments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Devolver Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Frontier Developments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DEVO or FDEV?

Frontier Developments received 326 more outperform votes than Devolver Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Frontier Developments an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Devolver Digital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Devolver Digital	Outperform Votes 5 26.32%	Underperform Votes 14 73.68%
Frontier Developments	Outperform Votes 331 60.73%	Underperform Votes 214 39.27%

Is DEVO or FDEV more profitable?

Devolver Digital has a net margin of -7.11% compared to Frontier Developments' net margin of -24.05%. Devolver Digital's return on equity of -4.55% beat Frontier Developments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Devolver Digital	-7.11%	-4.55%	-1.48%
Frontier Developments	-24.05%	-24.85%	-4.87%

Which has more volatility & risk, DEVO or FDEV?

Devolver Digital has a beta of -0.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Developments has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DEVO or FDEV?

In the previous week, Devolver Digital had 5 more articles in the media than Frontier Developments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Devolver Digital and 0 mentions for Frontier Developments. Devolver Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Frontier Developments' score of 0.00 indicating that Devolver Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Devolver Digital	Neutral
Frontier Developments	Neutral

Summary

Devolver Digital beats Frontier Developments on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.