SSE (SSE) Competitors

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

Is TEP or SSE a better dividend stock?

Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Telecom Plus pays out 88.3% 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 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	£1.84B	0.81	£70.86M	£0.95	1,953.41
SSE	£10.13B	1.81	£1.71B	£1.08	1,543.15

Which has more risk and volatility, TEP or SSE?

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

Do analysts rate TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,600, indicating a potential upside of 39.96%. SSE has a consensus target price of GBX 2,425, indicating a potential upside of 45.37%. Given SSE's 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)	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 prefer TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 5 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SSE and 2 mentions for Telecom Plus. Telecom Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat SSE's score of 0.25 indicating that Telecom Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SSE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TEP or SSE?

45.3% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of SSE shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SSE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SSE beats Telecom Plus on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.