MediaZest (MDZ) Competitors

SpaceandPeople (LON:SAL) and MediaZest (LON:MDZ) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SAL or MDZ?

SpaceandPeople has higher revenue and earnings than MediaZest. MediaZest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SpaceandPeople, 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
SpaceandPeople	£6.40M	0.47	£322.25K	£16.51	9.33
MediaZest	£2.64M	0.44	-£467.58K	-£0.03	-2.40

Which has more volatility & risk, SAL or MDZ?

SpaceandPeople has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaZest has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SAL or MDZ?

0.0% of SpaceandPeople shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of MediaZest shares are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of SpaceandPeople shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of MediaZest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SAL or MDZ more profitable?

SpaceandPeople has a net margin of 5.04% compared to MediaZest's net margin of -17.69%. SpaceandPeople's return on equity of 10.09% beat MediaZest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SpaceandPeople	5.04%	10.09%	3.16%
MediaZest	-17.69%	-64.11%	-4.66%

Does the media prefer SAL or MDZ?

In the previous week, MediaZest had 1 more articles in the media than SpaceandPeople. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MediaZest and 0 mentions for SpaceandPeople. SpaceandPeople's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat MediaZest's score of -0.95 indicating that SpaceandPeople is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SpaceandPeople	Neutral
MediaZest	Negative

Summary

SpaceandPeople beats MediaZest on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.