RCN vs. KCT, ECK, FDP, FDM, SEE, SAAS, APTD, ACSO, IOM, and KETL
Should you be buying Redcentric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redcentric include Kin and Carta (KCT), Eckoh (ECK), FD Technologies (FDP), FDM Group (FDM), Seeing Machines (SEE), Microlise Group (SAAS), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), iomart Group (IOM), and Strix Group (KETL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Redcentric (LON:RCN) and Kin and Carta (LON:KCT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Redcentric pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Kin and Carta pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Redcentric pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kin and Carta pays out -1,818.2% 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. Redcentric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
71.5% of Redcentric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Kin and Carta shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of Redcentric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Kin and Carta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Redcentric received 148 more outperform votes than Kin and Carta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.38% of users gave Kin and Carta an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Redcentric an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Redcentric and Redcentric both had 1 articles in the media. Redcentric's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kin and Carta'saverage media sentiment score.
Kin and Carta has a consensus target price of GBX 250, indicating a potential upside of 93.20%. Given Kin and Carta's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kin and Carta is more favorable than Redcentric.
Redcentric has a net margin of -2.12% compared to Kin and Carta's net margin of -9.77%. Redcentric's return on equity of -5.27% beat Kin and Carta's return on equity.
Redcentric has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kin and Carta has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Redcentric has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kin and Carta. Redcentric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kin and Carta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Redcentric beats Kin and Carta on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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