Maintel (MAI) Competitors

Maintel (LON:MAI) and Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts rate MAI or BBB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maintel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Bigblu Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MAI or BBB?

Maintel received 51 more outperform votes than Bigblu Broadband when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Bigblu Broadband an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave Maintel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maintel	Outperform Votes 97 53.01%	Underperform Votes 86 46.99%
Bigblu Broadband	Outperform Votes 46 67.65%	Underperform Votes 22 32.35%

Does the media favor MAI or BBB?

In the previous week, Maintel had 2 more articles in the media than Bigblu Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Maintel and 1 mentions for Bigblu Broadband. Bigblu Broadband's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Maintel's score of -0.05 indicating that Bigblu Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maintel	Neutral
Bigblu Broadband	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, MAI or BBB?

Maintel has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MAI or BBB?

30.5% of Maintel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.3% of Maintel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MAI or BBB a better dividend stock?

Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 290.3%. Maintel pays out -9,459.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bigblu Broadband pays out -300,000.0% 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. Bigblu Broadband is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is MAI or BBB more profitable?

Maintel has a net margin of -5.28% compared to Bigblu Broadband's net margin of -19.83%. Bigblu Broadband's return on equity of -16.94% beat Maintel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maintel	-5.28%	-31.85%	1.68%
Bigblu Broadband	-19.83%	-16.94%	-6.57%

Which has better earnings & valuation, MAI or BBB?

Bigblu Broadband has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maintel. Bigblu Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maintel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maintel	£101.26M	0.36	-£5.35M	-£0.37	-677.03
Bigblu Broadband	£24.16M	0.75	-£1.49M	-£0.03	-1,033.33

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.