NET vs. SAAS, EYE, OMG, APTD, GHT, SPSY, ACSO, PBEE, CLBS, and TRB
Should you be buying Netcall stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netcall include Microlise Group (SAAS), Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Spectra Systems (SPSY), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Celebrus Technologies (CLBS), and Tribal Group (TRB). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Netcall (LON:NET) and Microlise Group (LON:SAAS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Netcall received 152 more outperform votes than Microlise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Microlise Group an outperform vote while only 57.30% of users gave Netcall an outperform vote.
Netcall has a net margin of 14.32% compared to Microlise Group's net margin of 2.24%. Netcall's return on equity of 15.24% beat Microlise Group's return on equity.
Netcall has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microlise Group has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Netcall currently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Microlise Group has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 21.43%. Given Netcall's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Netcall is more favorable than Microlise Group.
In the previous week, Netcall and Netcall both had 1 articles in the media. Netcall's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Microlise Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Netcall is being referred to more favorably in the media.
64.8% of Netcall shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Microlise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Netcall shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.9% of Microlise Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Netcall has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Microlise Group. Netcall is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microlise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Netcall beats Microlise Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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