GAMA vs. HTWS, ZEG, AAF, ASCL, MONY, BCG, YOU, KWS, NFG, and SONG
Should you be buying Gamma Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gamma Communications include Helios Towers (HTWS), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Airtel Africa (AAF), Ascential (ASCL), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), YouGov (YOU), Keywords Studios (KWS), Next 15 Group (NFG), and Hipgnosis Songs (SONG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) and Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) are both small-cap communication services 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.
Gamma Communications received 166 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.66% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote.
Gamma Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helios Towers. Helios Towers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gamma Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Helios Towers' net margin of -13.88%. Gamma Communications' return on equity of 16.68% beat Helios Towers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Gamma Communications had 3 more articles in the media than Helios Towers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gamma Communications and 2 mentions for Helios Towers. Helios Towers' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Gamma Communications' score of 0.45 indicating that Helios Towers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gamma Communications presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,035, suggesting a potential upside of 56.54%. Helios Towers has a consensus target price of GBX 95, suggesting a potential upside of 2.48%. Given Gamma Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Helios Towers.
Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Towers has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.5% of Gamma Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Gamma Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Gamma Communications beats Helios Towers on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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