SSE (SSE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & 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	0.81	£70.86M	£88.79	23.20
SSE	£10.47B	1.90	£1.71B	£156.52	11.59

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 4.0%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TEP or SSE?

SSE received 239 more outperform votes than Telecom Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.02% 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 299 71.02%	Underperform Votes 122 28.98%
SSE	Outperform Votes 538 56.87%	Underperform Votes 408 43.13%

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%

Do analysts rate TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential upside of 26.21%. 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 16 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for SSE and 1 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Telecom Plus' score of 0.20 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SSE	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, 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.

Summary

SSE beats Telecom Plus on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.