M&C Saatchi (SAA) Competitors

M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA) and Next Fifteen Communications Group (LON:NFC) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SAA or NFC?

M&C Saatchi has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Next Fifteen Communications Group. Next Fifteen Communications Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&C Saatchi, 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
M&C Saatchi	£456.33M	0.45	£11.09M	£8.88	18.81
Next Fifteen Communications Group	£602.53M	0.00	-£76.69M	-£0.82	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, SAA or NFC?

M&C Saatchi has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Fifteen Communications Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SAA or NFC a better dividend stock?

M&C Saatchi pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Next Fifteen Communications Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. M&C Saatchi pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Next Fifteen Communications Group pays out -1,585.4% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SAA or NFC?

66.5% of M&C Saatchi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Next Fifteen Communications Group shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of M&C Saatchi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Next Fifteen Communications Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SAA or NFC?

In the previous week, M&C Saatchi had 3 more articles in the media than Next Fifteen Communications Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for M&C Saatchi and 0 mentions for Next Fifteen Communications Group. M&C Saatchi's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Next Fifteen Communications Group's score of 0.00 indicating that M&C Saatchi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
M&C Saatchi	Neutral
Next Fifteen Communications Group	Neutral

Do analysts rate SAA or NFC?

Given Next Fifteen Communications Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Next Fifteen Communications Group is more favorable than M&C Saatchi.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M&C Saatchi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Next Fifteen Communications Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SAA or NFC more profitable?

M&C Saatchi has a net margin of 2.43% compared to Next Fifteen Communications Group's net margin of -12.73%. M&C Saatchi's return on equity of 34.45% beat Next Fifteen Communications Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M&C Saatchi	2.43%	34.45%	10.04%
Next Fifteen Communications Group	-12.73%	-66.09%	7.65%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAA or NFC?

Next Fifteen Communications Group received 135 more outperform votes than M&C Saatchi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.86% of users gave Next Fifteen Communications Group an outperform vote while only 69.49% of users gave M&C Saatchi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
M&C Saatchi	Outperform Votes 164 69.49%	Underperform Votes 72 30.51%
Next Fifteen Communications Group	Outperform Votes 299 76.86%	Underperform Votes 90 23.14%

Summary

M&C Saatchi beats Next Fifteen Communications Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.