SSE (SSE) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TEP or SSE?

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

Does the media favor TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 16 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SSE and 0 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.30 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

Do analysts prefer TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Telecom Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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%

Which has better 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	0.79	£70.86M	£88.79	22.81
SSE	£10.47B	1.95	£1.71B	£156.52	11.94

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 4.1%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.