Time Out Group (TMO) Competitors

Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) and Time Out Group (LON:TMO) are both small-cap measuring and control equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FTV or TMO?

42.6% of Time Out Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.5% of Time Out Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FTV or TMO?

Foresight VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Time Out Group. Time Out Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight VCT, 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
Foresight VCT	£32.45M	6.15	£24.62M	£8.20	8.11
Time Out Group	£114.44M	0.53	-£5.09M	-£1.43	-11.93

Is FTV or TMO more profitable?

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 75.85% compared to Time Out Group's net margin of -4.45%. Foresight VCT's return on equity of 10.05% beat Time Out Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight VCT	75.85%	10.05%	4.98%
Time Out Group	-4.45%	-16.49%	-5.91%

Which has more volatility and risk, FTV or TMO?

Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Time Out Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FTV or TMO?

In the previous week, Time Out Group had 3 more articles in the media than Foresight VCT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Time Out Group and 1 mentions for Foresight VCT. Foresight VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Time Out Group's score of -0.26 indicating that Foresight VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foresight VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Time Out Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Foresight VCT beats Time Out Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.