Shaftesbury Capital (SHC) Competitors

TalkTalk Telecom Group (LON:TALK) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Is TALK or SHC more profitable?

Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 16.37% compared to TalkTalk Telecom Group's net margin of 0.00%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 1.05% beat TalkTalk Telecom Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TalkTalk Telecom Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shaftesbury Capital	16.37%	1.05%	1.52%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TALK or SHC?

68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TALK or SHC?

Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 165.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.65%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than TalkTalk Telecom Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TalkTalk Telecom Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Shaftesbury Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TALK or SHC a better dividend stock?

TalkTalk Telecom Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TalkTalk Telecom Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaftesbury Capital pays out -7,500.0% 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. Shaftesbury Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to TALK or SHC?

In the previous week, TalkTalk Telecom Group had 7 more articles in the media than Shaftesbury Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TalkTalk Telecom Group and 1 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat TalkTalk Telecom Group's score of -0.23 indicating that Shaftesbury Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TalkTalk Telecom Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Shaftesbury Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, TALK or SHC?

Shaftesbury Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TalkTalk Telecom Group. Shaftesbury Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TalkTalk Telecom 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
TalkTalk Telecom Group	£1.52B	0.73	N/A	£12.80	7.57
Shaftesbury Capital	£228.40M	12.34	£37.40M	-£0.04	-3,612.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TALK or SHC?

TalkTalk Telecom Group received 700 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave TalkTalk Telecom Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TalkTalk Telecom Group	Outperform Votes 706 64.36%	Underperform Votes 391 35.64%
Shaftesbury Capital	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Shaftesbury Capital beats TalkTalk Telecom Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.