Tracsis (TRCS) Competitors

Cerillion (LON:CER) and Tracsis (LON:TRCS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Is CER or TRCS a better dividend stock?

Cerillion pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tracsis pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cerillion pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tracsis pays out 123.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cerillion is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer CER or TRCS?

Cerillion presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,350, indicating a potential upside of 33.14%. Tracsis has a consensus target price of GBX 550, indicating a potential upside of 19.67%. Given Cerillion's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cerillion is more favorable than Tracsis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cerillion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Tracsis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, CER or TRCS?

Cerillion has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tracsis has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CER or TRCS?

In the previous week, Cerillion had 6 more articles in the media than Tracsis. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cerillion and 1 mentions for Tracsis. Cerillion's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Tracsis' score of 0.37 indicating that Cerillion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cerillion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tracsis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CER or TRCS?

Cerillion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tracsis. Cerillion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tracsis, 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
Cerillion	£41.39M	12.65	£14.14M	£47.44	37.21
Tracsis	£81.57M	1.71	£491.32K	£1.62	283.95

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CER or TRCS?

43.2% of Cerillion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Tracsis shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Cerillion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Tracsis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CER or TRCS more profitable?

Cerillion has a net margin of 34.15% compared to Tracsis' net margin of 0.60%. Cerillion's return on equity of 30.92% beat Tracsis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cerillion	34.15%	30.92%	19.33%
Tracsis	0.60%	0.72%	2.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CER or TRCS?

Tracsis received 2 more outperform votes than Cerillion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.21% of users gave Tracsis an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Cerillion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cerillion	Outperform Votes 162 66.12%	Underperform Votes 83 33.88%
Tracsis	Outperform Votes 164 73.21%	Underperform Votes 60 26.79%

Summary

Cerillion beats Tracsis on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.