KBT vs. TRD, TPX, GST, CSFS, MTEC, TIA, MRIT, ECK, CLX, and PCIP
Should you be buying K3 Business Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of K3 Business Technology Group include Triad Group (TRD), TPXimpact (TPX), GSTechnologies (GST), Cornerstone FS (CSFS), Made Tech Group (MTEC), Tialis Essential IT (TIA), Merit Group (MRIT), Eckoh (ECK), Calnex Solutions (CLX), and PCI-PAL (PCIP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
K3 Business Technology Group (LON:KBT) and Triad Group (LON:TRD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
K3 Business Technology Group has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triad Group has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Triad Group has a net margin of -4.47% compared to K3 Business Technology Group's net margin of -5.45%. K3 Business Technology Group's return on equity of -7.96% beat Triad Group's return on equity.
K3 Business Technology Group received 40 more outperform votes than Triad Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.10% of users gave Triad Group an outperform vote while only 53.10% of users gave K3 Business Technology Group an outperform vote.
K3 Business Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Triad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. K3 Business Technology Group pays out -4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Triad Group pays out -15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Triad Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Triad Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than K3 Business Technology Group. Triad Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K3 Business Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.0% of K3 Business Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Triad Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.0% of K3 Business Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 88.6% of Triad 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.
In the previous week, K3 Business Technology Group had 2 more articles in the media than Triad Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for K3 Business Technology Group and 1 mentions for Triad Group. K3 Business Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Triad Group's score of 0.00 indicating that K3 Business Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
K3 Business Technology Group and Triad Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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