MIDW vs. NCC, CER, FDM, BIG, PAY, WPS, FDP, DOTD, IQE, and ALFA
Should you be buying Midwich Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midwich Group include NCC Group (NCC), Cerillion (CER), FDM Group (FDM), Big Technologies (BIG), PayPoint (PAY), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), FD Technologies (FDP), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IQE (IQE), and Alfa Financial Software (ALFA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
NCC Group (LON:NCC) and Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
NCC Group received 402 more outperform votes than Midwich Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.06% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote while only 73.20% of users gave Midwich Group an outperform vote.
Midwich Group has a net margin of 2.08% compared to Midwich Group's net margin of -4.39%. NCC Group's return on equity of 17.52% beat Midwich Group's return on equity.
73.5% of NCC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Midwich Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of NCC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Midwich Group shares are held 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.
NCC Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Midwich Group has a consensus target price of GBX 710, indicating a potential upside of 63.22%. Given NCC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Midwich Group is more favorable than NCC Group.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 3 more articles in the media than Midwich Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NCC Group and 1 mentions for Midwich Group. NCC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Midwich Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Midwich Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Midwich Group has higher revenue and earnings than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Midwich Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Midwich Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. NCC Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Midwich Group pays out 6,296.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NCC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NCC Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midwich Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Midwich Group beats NCC Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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