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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do analysts prefer TEP or SSE?

SSE has a consensus target price of GBX 2,050, indicating a potential upside of 21.16%. Given SSE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SSE is more favorable than Telecom Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telecom Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SSE	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 8 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SSE and 0 mentions for Telecom Plus. Telecom Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat SSE's score of 0.13 indicating that Telecom Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus	Positive
SSE	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	21.15
SSE	£10.47B	1.77	£1.71B	£156.52	10.81

Which has more volatility & risk, TEP or SSE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEP or SSE?

SSE received 240 more outperform votes than Telecom Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.95% of users gave Telecom Plus an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave SSE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telecom Plus	Outperform Votes 298 70.95%	Underperform Votes 122 29.05%
SSE	Outperform Votes 538 56.87%	Underperform Votes 408 43.13%

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 3.5%. 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.

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%

Summary

SSE beats Telecom Plus on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.