Netcall (NET) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer DOCS or NET?

Netcall has a consensus target price of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 48.57%. Given Netcall's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Netcall is more favorable than Dr. Martens.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dr. Martens	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Netcall	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DOCS or NET?

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
Dr. Martens	£877.10M	0.63	£69.20M	£0.07	818.57
Netcall	£37.42M	3.86	£5.36M	£0.03	2,916.67

Does the media prefer DOCS or NET?

In the previous week, Dr. Martens had 3 more articles in the media than Netcall. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dr. Martens and 0 mentions for Netcall. Dr. Martens' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Netcall's score of 0.00 indicating that Dr. Martens is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dr. Martens	Positive
Netcall	Neutral

Is DOCS or NET a better dividend stock?

Dr. Martens pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Netcall pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dr. Martens pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Netcall pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, DOCS or NET?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DOCS or NET?

Netcall received 149 more outperform votes than Dr. Martens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Dr. Martens an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Netcall an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dr. Martens	Outperform Votes 11 91.67%	Underperform Votes 1 8.33%
Netcall	Outperform Votes 160 57.76%	Underperform Votes 117 42.24%

Is DOCS or NET more profitable?

Netcall has a net margin of 14.32% compared to Dr. Martens' net margin of 7.89%. Dr. Martens' return on equity of 17.92% beat Netcall's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dr. Martens	7.89%	17.92%	8.12%
Netcall	14.32%	15.24%	4.62%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DOCS or NET?

69.5% of Dr. Martens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Netcall shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Dr. Martens shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Netcall shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dr. Martens beats Netcall on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.