TRD vs. KBT, TPX, GST, CSFS, MTEC, TIA, MRIT, ECK, KMK, and NANO
Should you be buying Triad Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Triad Group include K3 Business Technology Group (KBT), TPXimpact (TPX), GSTechnologies (GST), Cornerstone FS (CSFS), Made Tech Group (MTEC), Tialis Essential IT (TIA), Merit Group (MRIT), Eckoh (ECK), Kromek Group (KMK), and Nanoco Group (NANO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Triad Group (LON:TRD) and K3 Business Technology Group (LON:KBT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Triad Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K3 Business Technology Group has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Triad Group has a net margin of -4.47% compared to K3 Business Technology Group's net margin of -5.45%. K3 Business Technology Group's return on equity of -7.96% beat Triad Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, K3 Business Technology Group had 1 more articles in the media than Triad Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for K3 Business Technology Group and 2 mentions for Triad Group. K3 Business Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Triad Group's score of 0.00 indicating that K3 Business Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Triad Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than K3 Business Technology Group. Triad Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K3 Business Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1.0% of Triad Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of K3 Business Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. 88.6% of Triad Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of K3 Business Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
K3 Business Technology Group received 40 more outperform votes than Triad Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.10% of users gave Triad Group an outperform vote while only 53.10% of users gave K3 Business Technology Group an outperform vote.
Triad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. K3 Business Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Triad Group pays out -15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. K3 Business Technology Group pays out -4,000.0% 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. Triad Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Triad Group and K3 Business Technology Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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