FDP vs. FDM, KCT, RCN, ECK, DOTD, PAY, IQE, TTG, IDOX, and PBEE
Should you be buying FD Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FD Technologies include FDM Group (FDM), Kin and Carta (KCT), Redcentric (RCN), Eckoh (ECK), dotdigital Group (DOTD), PayPoint (PAY), IQE (IQE), TT Electronics (TTG), IDOX (IDOX), and PensionBee Group (PBEE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
FD Technologies presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,331, suggesting a potential upside of 98.89%. FDM Group has a consensus target price of GBX 840, suggesting a potential upside of 154.16%. Given FDM Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FDM Group is more favorable than FD Technologies.
In the previous week, FDM Group had 2 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FDM Group and 1 mentions for FD Technologies. FDM Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.53 indicating that FDM Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
81.6% of FD Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of FDM Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of FD Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% 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 received 85 more outperform votes than FDM Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.11% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 70.57% of users gave FDM Group an outperform vote.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. FDM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. FD Technologies pays out -7,179.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FDM Group pays out 9,729.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
FD Technologies has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FDM Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FDM Group has a net margin of 11.05% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -3.80%. FDM Group's return on equity of 49.67% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
FDM Group beats FD Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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