Netcall (NET) Competitors

Netcall (LON:NET) and Dr. Martens (LON:DOCS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts prefer NET or DOCS?

Netcall presently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 16.07%. Given Netcall's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Netcall is more favorable than Dr. Martens.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Netcall	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dr. Martens	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NET or DOCS more profitable?

Netcall has a net margin of 14.99% compared to Dr. Martens' net margin of 7.89%. Dr. Martens' return on equity of 18.91% beat Netcall's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Netcall	14.99%	14.95%	4.62%
Dr. Martens	7.89%	18.91%	8.12%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NET or DOCS?

69.3% of Netcall shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Dr. Martens shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Netcall shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Dr. Martens 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, NET or DOCS?

Dr. Martens has higher revenue and earnings than Netcall. Dr. Martens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Netcall, 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
Netcall	£39.16M	4.73	£5.87M	£3.55	31.54
Dr. Martens	£874.20M	0.61	£68.97M	£7.05	7.79

Does the media refer more to NET or DOCS?

In the previous week, Dr. Martens had 1 more articles in the media than Netcall. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Dr. Martens and 0 mentions for Netcall. Netcall's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Dr. Martens' score of -0.01 indicating that Netcall is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Netcall	Neutral
Dr. Martens	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, NET or DOCS?

Netcall has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dr. Martens has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NET or DOCS?

Netcall received 152 more outperform votes than Dr. Martens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Dr. Martens an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave Netcall an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Netcall	Outperform Votes 163 58.21%	Underperform Votes 117 41.79%
Dr. Martens	Outperform Votes 11 91.67%	Underperform Votes 1 8.33%

Is NET or DOCS a better dividend stock?

Netcall pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dr. Martens pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Netcall pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dr. Martens pays out 42.5% 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.

Summary

Netcall beats Dr. Martens on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.