Touchstar (TST) Competitors

Touchstar (LON:TST) and Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) 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 earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TST or CNC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Touchstar	£6.89M	0.96	£610.87K	£0.04	1,828.44
Concurrent Technologies	£44.57M	4.31	£5.09M	£0.05	4,285.71

Is TST or CNC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Touchstar	8.71%	17.58%	5.19%
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	13.89%	8.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, TST or CNC?

Touchstar has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TST or CNC a better dividend stock?

Touchstar pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Touchstar pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Concurrent Technologies pays out 19.3% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TST or CNC?

3.5% of Touchstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of Touchstar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer TST or CNC?

In the previous week, Touchstar and Touchstar both had 2 articles in the media. Touchstar's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Concurrent Technologies' score of 0.65 indicating that Touchstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Touchstar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Concurrent Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.