Redcentric (RCN) Competitors

FD Technologies (LON:FDP) and Redcentric (LON:RCN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FDP or RCN?

Redcentric has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FD Technologies	£248.86M	1.78	-£13.37M	-£0.48	-3,279.17
Redcentric	£163.15M	1.24	-£3.44M	-£0.02	-6,382.50

Which has more risk and volatility, FDP or RCN?

FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redcentric has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FDP or RCN more profitable?

Redcentric has a net margin of -2.11% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Redcentric's return on equity of -6.11% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-7.69%	0.25%
Redcentric	-2.11%	-6.11%	1.10%

Do analysts prefer FDP or RCN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FD Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Redcentric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer FDP or RCN?

In the previous week, FD Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Redcentric'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FD Technologies	Neutral
Redcentric	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FDP or RCN?

86.2% of FD Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Redcentric shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of Redcentric shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FDP or RCN?

FD Technologies received 121 more outperform votes than Redcentric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.27% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Redcentric an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FD Technologies	Outperform Votes 323 77.27%	Underperform Votes 95 22.73%
Redcentric	Outperform Votes 202 54.01%	Underperform Votes 172 45.99%

Is FDP or RCN a better dividend stock?

FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Redcentric pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. FD Technologies pays out -5,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Redcentric pays out -20,000.0% 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.

Summary

FD Technologies and Redcentric tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.