Northamber (NAR) Competitors

Softcat (LON:SCT) and Northamber (LON:NAR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is SCT or NAR more profitable?

Softcat has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Northamber's net margin of -2.37%. Softcat's return on equity of 43.79% beat Northamber's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Softcat	12.37%	43.79%	13.64%
Northamber	-2.37%	-5.73%	-1.38%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SCT or NAR?

45.1% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of Northamber shares are held by institutional investors. 43.6% of Softcat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.3% of Northamber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SCT or NAR?

Softcat currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,616.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.75%. Given Softcat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Softcat is more favorable than Northamber.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Softcat	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Northamber	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SCT or NAR a better dividend stock?

Softcat pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Northamber pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Softcat pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northamber pays out -20.1% 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. Northamber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor SCT or NAR?

In the previous week, Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northamber'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Softcat	Neutral
Northamber	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SCT or NAR?

Softcat has higher revenue and earnings than Northamber. Northamber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Softcat, 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
Softcat	£958.56M	3.56	£118.54M	£59.73	28.71
Northamber	£55.06M	0.15	-£1.31M	-£4.99	-6.02

Which has more risk and volatility, SCT or NAR?

Softcat has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northamber has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SCT or NAR?

Softcat received 268 more outperform votes than Northamber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Northamber an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Softcat	Outperform Votes 301 70.49%	Underperform Votes 126 29.51%
Northamber	Outperform Votes 33 61.11%	Underperform Votes 21 38.89%

Summary

Softcat beats Northamber on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.