TEP vs. YU, FLOW, SSE, DRX, UKW, PNN, GLO, JEL, IES, 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), Drax Group (DRX), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Pennon Group (PNN), ContourGlobal (GLO), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), and Good Energy Group (GOOD). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Telecom Plus vs. Its Competitors
Yü Group (LON:YU) and Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
9.4% of Yü Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Telecom Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 72.4% of Yü Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Telecom Plus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Telecom Plus has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential upside of 41.92%. Given Telecom Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Telecom Plus is more favorable than Yü Group.
Yü Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Yü Group and Yü Group both had 1 articles in the media. Telecom Plus' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Yü Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Telecom Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yü Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Yü Group pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telecom Plus pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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.
Summary
Telecom Plus beats Yü Group on 10 of the 17 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 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
