Microlise Group (SAAS) Competitors

Cerillion (LON:CER) and Microlise Group (LON:SAAS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CER or SAAS?

43.2% of Cerillion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Microlise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 33.8% of Cerillion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.0% of Microlise Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CER or SAAS more profitable?

Cerillion has a net margin of 34.15% compared to Microlise Group's net margin of 2.14%. Cerillion's return on equity of 30.92% beat Microlise Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cerillion	34.15%	30.92%	19.33%
Microlise Group	2.14%	1.87%	0.85%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CER or SAAS?

Cerillion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Microlise Group. Cerillion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microlise Group, 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
Cerillion	£41.39M	11.83	£14.14M	£47.44	34.80
Microlise Group	£63.13M	1.91	£1.35M	£1.17	89.01

Which has more risk and volatility, CER or SAAS?

Cerillion has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microlise Group has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CER or SAAS?

In the previous week, Cerillion had 1 more articles in the media than Microlise Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cerillion and 0 mentions for Microlise Group. Cerillion's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Microlise Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cerillion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cerillion	Neutral
Microlise Group	Neutral

Is CER or SAAS a better dividend stock?

Cerillion pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Microlise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cerillion pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Microlise Group pays out 171.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate CER or SAAS?

Cerillion presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,682.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.91%. Microlise Group has a consensus price target of GBX 204.50, suggesting a potential upside of 96.63%. Given Microlise Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Microlise Group is more favorable than Cerillion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cerillion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Microlise Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CER or SAAS?

Cerillion received 153 more outperform votes than Microlise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Microlise Group an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Cerillion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cerillion	Outperform Votes 161 65.98%	Underperform Votes 83 34.02%
Microlise Group	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Cerillion beats Microlise Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.