SPT vs. BYIT, BOKU, WPS, PAY, NETW, DARK, OXIG, KNOS, TRST, and AWE
Should you be buying Spirent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirent Communications include Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Boku (BOKU), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), PayPoint (PAY), Network International (NETW), Darktrace (DARK), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Kainos Group (KNOS), Trustpilot Group (TRST), and Alphawave IP Group (AWE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) and Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Spirent Communications currently has a consensus target price of GBX 208.13, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Bytes Technology Group has a consensus target price of GBX 642.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.01%. Given Bytes Technology Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bytes Technology Group is more favorable than Spirent Communications.
Spirent Communications received 580 more outperform votes than Bytes Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Bytes Technology Group an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Spirent Communications an outperform vote.
Bytes Technology Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Spirent Communications' net margin of 5.31%. Bytes Technology Group's return on equity of 83.16% beat Spirent Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Bytes Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Spirent Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Bytes Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
126.3% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Spirent Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bytes Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Spirent Communications pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bytes Technology Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bytes Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spirent Communications. Bytes Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bytes Technology Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bytes Technology Group beats Spirent Communications on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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