TST vs. CNC, XAR, NXQ, IND, INSG, SMRT, IOM, CYAN, NANO, and MMX
Should you be buying Touchstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstar include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Nexteq (NXQ), IndigoVision Group plc (IND.L) (IND), Insig AI (INSG), Smartspace Software (SMRT), iomart Group (IOM), CyanConnode (CYAN), Nanoco Group (NANO), and Minds and Machines Group (MMX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Touchstar vs. Its Competitors
Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Touchstar (LON:TST) 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 valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Concurrent Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstar. Touchstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Touchstar pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Touchstar pays out 41.9% 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.
In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstar. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Touchstar. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Touchstar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Touchstar's net margin of 8.71%. Touchstar's return on equity of 17.58% beat Concurrent Technologies' return on equity.
24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Touchstar shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Touchstar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstar has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TST) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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