SSE (SSE) Competitors

Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and SSE (LON:SSE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TEP or SSE?

67.3% of Telecom Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of SSE shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Telecom Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential upside of 38.82%. Given Telecom Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Telecom Plus is more favorable than SSE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telecom Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SSE	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is TEP or SSE more profitable?

SSE has a net margin of 16.36% compared to Telecom Plus' net margin of 3.48%. Telecom Plus' return on equity of 31.35% beat SSE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telecom Plus	3.48%	31.35%	9.20%
SSE	16.36%	17.83%	6.57%

Does the media favor TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 6 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SSE and 0 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Telecom Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus	Neutral
SSE	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TEP or SSE?

SSE has higher revenue and earnings than Telecom Plus. SSE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Plus, 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
Telecom Plus	£2.03B	0.73	£70.86M	£88.79	21.09
SSE	£10.47B	1.88	£1.71B	£156.52	11.46

Which has more risk and volatility, TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSE has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEP or SSE a better dividend stock?

Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Telecom Plus pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SSE pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Telecom Plus and SSE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.