RCN vs. FDP, FDM, KCT, ECK, IBPO, NASA, SSY, MTEC, TRD, and KBT
Should you be buying Redcentric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redcentric include FD Technologies (FDP), FDM Group (FDM), Kin and Carta (KCT), Eckoh (ECK), iEnergizer (IBPO), Nasstar (NASA), Scisys Group (SSY), Made Tech Group (MTEC), Triad Group (TRD), and K3 Business Technology Group (KBT). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
Redcentric vs. Its Competitors
Redcentric (LON:RCN) and FD Technologies (LON:FDP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Redcentric pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Redcentric pays out -181.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FD Technologies pays out -19.4% 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.
75.1% of Redcentric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of FD Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Redcentric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Redcentric has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Redcentric had 1 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Redcentric and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. Redcentric's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Redcentric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Redcentric has a net margin of -2.11% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Redcentric's return on equity of -6.10% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.
Redcentric has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FD Technologies. Redcentric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FD Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Redcentric beats FD Technologies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RCN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (LON:RCN) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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