TEP vs. GAMA, KAPE, PRSM, BYIT, TRN, MONY, IDEA, SYNC, CDM, and ATG
Should you be buying Telecom Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telecom Plus include Gamma Communications (GAMA), Kape Technologies (KAPE), Blue Prism Group (PRSM), Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Trainline (TRN), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Ideagen (IDEA), Syncona (SYNC), Codemasters Group (CDM), and Auction Technology Group (ATG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Telecom Plus vs.
Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Telecom Plus received 116 more outperform votes than Gamma Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.95% of users gave Telecom Plus an outperform vote while only 69.47% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote.
Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Gamma Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Telecom Plus pays out 11,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gamma Communications pays out 2,941.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
59.4% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.17% compared to Telecom Plus' net margin of 3.90%. Telecom Plus' return on equity of 21.55% beat Gamma Communications' return on equity.
Gamma Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 1,790, indicating a potential upside of 52.97%. Given Gamma Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Telecom Plus.
Gamma Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telecom Plus. Gamma Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Telecom Plus had 1 more articles in the media than Gamma Communications. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Telecom Plus and 0 mentions for Gamma Communications. Gamma Communications' average media sentiment score of -0.09 beat Telecom Plus' score of -0.63 indicating that Gamma Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gamma Communications beats Telecom Plus on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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