LTG vs. GBG, ATG, ALFA, BIG, CER, NCC, TRST, DOTD, IDOX, and PBEE
Should you be buying Learning Technologies Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Learning Technologies Group include GB Group (GBG), Auction Technology Group (ATG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Big Technologies (BIG), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), Trustpilot Group (TRST), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IDOX (IDOX), and PensionBee Group (PBEE). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Learning Technologies Group (LON:LTG) and GB Group (LON:GBG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
Learning Technologies Group has higher revenue and earnings than GB Group. GB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Learning Technologies Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GB Group received 164 more outperform votes than Learning Technologies Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.49% of users gave GB Group an outperform vote while only 73.06% of users gave Learning Technologies Group an outperform vote.
Learning Technologies Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.68%. GB Group has a consensus price target of GBX 342.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.02%. Given Learning Technologies Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Learning Technologies Group is more favorable than GB Group.
Learning Technologies Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GB Group has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.5% of Learning Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of GB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Learning Technologies Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of GB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Learning Technologies Group has a net margin of 4.43% compared to GB Group's net margin of -62.81%. Learning Technologies Group's return on equity of 6.75% beat GB Group's return on equity.
Learning Technologies Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. GB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Learning Technologies Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GB Group pays out -579.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, GB Group had 1 more articles in the media than Learning Technologies Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for GB Group and 0 mentions for Learning Technologies Group. Learning Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled GB Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Learning Technologies Group beats GB Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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