FDM vs. FDP, KCT, RCN, ECK, IBPO, NASA, SSY, TRD, TPX, and KBT
Should you be buying FDM Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FDM Group include FD Technologies (FDP), Kin and Carta (KCT), Redcentric (RCN), Eckoh (ECK), iEnergizer (IBPO), Nasstar (NASA), Scisys Group (SSY), Triad Group (TRD), TPXimpact (TPX), and K3 Business Technology Group (KBT). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
FD Technologies (LON:FDP) and FDM Group (LON:FDM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, FD Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than FDM Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FD Technologies and 0 mentions for FDM Group. FD Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat FDM Group's score of 0.00 indicating that FD Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.2% of FD Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of FDM Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of FDM Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FDM Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FDM Group has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FDM Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FD Technologies received 88 more outperform votes than FDM Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.27% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 70.15% of users gave FDM Group an outperform vote.
FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. FDM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. FD Technologies pays out -5,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FDM Group pays out 10,357.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
FDM Group has a consensus target price of GBX 430, indicating a potential upside of 4.63%. Given FDM Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FDM Group is more favorable than FD Technologies.
FDM Group has a net margin of 10.34% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. FDM Group's return on equity of 41.51% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
FDM Group beats FD Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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