TEP vs. YU, FLOW, SSE, UKW, DRX, PNN, GLO, GRP, JEL, and GOOD
Should you be buying Telecom Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telecom Plus include Yü Group (YU), Flowgroup (FLOW), SSE (SSE), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), Pennon Group (PNN), ContourGlobal (GLO), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Jersey Electricity (JEL), and Good Energy Group (GOOD). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Telecom Plus vs. Its Competitors
Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and Yü Group (LON:YU) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
67.3% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of Yü Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.4% of Yü Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Yü Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 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. Yü Group pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Telecom Plus presently 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 Yü Group.
Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yü Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Telecom Plus had 1 more articles in the media than Yü Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Telecom Plus and 0 mentions for Yü Group. Telecom Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Yü Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Telecom Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Telecom Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Yü Group. Yü Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yü Group has a net margin of 6.62% compared to Telecom Plus' net margin of 3.48%. Yü Group's return on equity of 77.26% beat Telecom Plus' return on equity.
Telecom Plus received 298 more outperform votes than Yü Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Yü Group an outperform vote while only 71.02% of users gave Telecom Plus an outperform vote.
Summary
Telecom Plus beats Yü Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:TEP) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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