Tern (TERN) Competitors

Tekcapital (LON:TEK) and Tern (LON:TERN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TEK or TERN?

Tekcapital has higher revenue and earnings than Tern. Tern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tekcapital, 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
Tekcapital	£425.99K	38.97	£19.73M	£0.10	70.71
Tern	£17.40K	291.67	-£16.02M	-£0.01	-94.46

Does the media prefer TEK or TERN?

In the previous week, Tern had 3 more articles in the media than Tekcapital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tern and 1 mentions for Tekcapital. Tekcapital's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Tern's score of 0.04 indicating that Tekcapital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tekcapital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tern	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, TEK or TERN?

Tekcapital has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tern has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TEK or TERN?

0.8% of Tekcapital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Tern shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Tekcapital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Tern 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.

Is TEK or TERN more profitable?

Tekcapital has a net margin of 82.86% compared to Tern's net margin of -17,804.03%. Tekcapital's return on equity of 23.58% beat Tern's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tekcapital	82.86%	23.58%	14.01%
Tern	-17,804.03%	-108.05%	-5.04%

Summary

Tekcapital beats Tern on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.