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Pulsar Group (PULS) Competitors

GBX 39.50 -1.00 (-2.47%)
As of 08/15/2025 09:50 AM Eastern

PULS vs. DOTD, NET, APTD, SAAS, ELCO, GHT, SPSY, TRB, TRCS, and AOM

Should you be buying Pulsar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulsar Group include dotdigital Group (DOTD), Netcall (NET), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Microlise Group (SAAS), Eleco (ELCO), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Spectra Systems (SPSY), Tribal Group (TRB), Tracsis (TRCS), and ActiveOps (AOM). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.

Pulsar Group vs. Its Competitors

Pulsar Group (LON:PULS) and dotdigital Group (LON:DOTD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, dotdigital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Pulsar Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for dotdigital Group and 0 mentions for Pulsar Group. dotdigital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Pulsar Group's score of 0.00 indicating that dotdigital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pulsar Group Neutral
dotdigital Group Positive

Pulsar Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dotdigital Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

dotdigital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pulsar Group. Pulsar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than dotdigital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pulsar Group£61.94M0.81-£6.53M-£0.05-790.00
dotdigital Group£78.69M2.66£11.03M£3.6218.94

92.0% of Pulsar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of dotdigital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pulsar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of dotdigital Group shares are held 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.

dotdigital Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 118.66%. Given dotdigital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe dotdigital Group is more favorable than Pulsar Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pulsar Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
dotdigital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

dotdigital Group has a net margin of 14.01% compared to Pulsar Group's net margin of -10.54%. dotdigital Group's return on equity of 11.80% beat Pulsar Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pulsar Group-10.54% -13.18% 0.02%
dotdigital Group 14.01%11.80%8.64%

Summary

dotdigital Group beats Pulsar Group on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PULS vs. The Competition

MetricPulsar GroupSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£50.44M£6.36B£29.88B£3.09B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%3.09%5.04%
P/E Ratio-790.0028.5151.60174.60
Price / Sales0.81271.171,321.15282,733.39
Price / CashN/A17.1836.2727.94
Price / Book1.1010.649.485.38
Net Income-£6.53M£49.83M£803.97M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.95%-1.61%1.08%-0.13%
1 Month Performance-6.51%-0.90%0.17%1.01%
1 Year Performance-47.33%7.15%23,875.94%64.41%

Pulsar Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PULS
Pulsar Group
N/AGBX 39.50
-2.5%
N/A-47.3%£50.44M£61.94M-790.001,101
DOTD
dotdigital Group
3.2348 of 5 stars
GBX 70
-1.4%
GBX 150
+114.3%
-27.8%£213.94M£78.69M19.32400News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
NET
Netcall
2.2377 of 5 stars
GBX 119.13
-0.3%
GBX 138.33
+16.1%
+31.0%£196.92M£39.16M33.553,220
APTD
Aptitude Software Group
2.7817 of 5 stars
GBX 280
flat
GBX 445
+58.9%
-24.7%£155.33M£69.26M33.16452Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SAAS
Microlise Group
N/AGBX 131.26
-0.9%
GBX 204.50
+55.8%
-8.9%£151.99M£63.13M112.34715
ELCO
Eleco
0.7688 of 5 stars
GBX 168
-0.9%
GBX 176
+4.8%
+18.5%£139.97M£31.11M47.55255Positive News
GHT
Gresham Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£136.21M£49.01M4,062.50216High Trading Volume
SPSY
Spectra Systems
N/AGBX 209.50
-0.7%
N/A-15.7%£127.57M£27.41M19.7128
TRB
Tribal Group
N/AGBX 54.76
+2.8%
N/A-8.6%£122.29M£91.34M63.52882
TRCS
Tracsis
2.1472 of 5 stars
GBX 390
flat
GBX 550
+41.0%
-39.0%£118.46M£81.57M240.95550News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
AOM
ActiveOps
1.3772 of 5 stars
GBX 162
-0.3%
GBX 185
+14.2%
+16.0%£115.61M£18.60M140.89180Gap Down

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This page (LON:PULS) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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