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Touchstar (TST) Competitors

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GBX 87 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 09/12/2025

TST vs. CNC, XAR, NXQ, INSG, CRTA, SMRT, CYAN, IOM, MMX, and CSFS

Should you be buying Touchstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstar include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Nexteq (NXQ), Insig AI (INSG), Cirata (CRTA), Smartspace Software (SMRT), CyanConnode (CYAN), iomart Group (IOM), Minds and Machines Group (MMX), and Cornerstone FS (CSFS). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

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

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
Concurrent Technologies13.89% 13.89% 8.31%
Touchstar 8.71%17.58%5.19%

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Touchstar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Touchstar. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Touchstar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies Positive
Touchstar Neutral

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Concurrent Technologies£44.57M3.96£5.09M£0.053,937.45
Touchstar£6.89M1.03£610.87K£0.041,963.88

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TST vs. The Competition

MetricTouchstarComputer Hardware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.09M£109.54M£31.55B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.45%4.51%3.14%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,963.882,812.29439.645,410.94
Price / Sales1.03126.021,772.6596,613.70
Price / Cash2.6912.7334.5927.93
Price / Book2.012.737.287.77
Net Income£610.87K-£1.57M£808.30M£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.82%7.26%3.57%6.51%
1 Month Performance-1.14%9.85%4.71%55.22%
1 Year Performance-12.56%620.93%24,377.12%154.12%

Touchstar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TST
Touchstar
N/AGBX 87
flat
N/A-14.9%£7.09M£6.89M1,963.8853Gap Down
CNC
Concurrent Technologies
N/AGBX 186.34
+0.5%
N/A+68.3%£161.13M£40.32M3,597.2274,300Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
XAR
Xaar
N/AGBX 130
+4.0%
N/A+37.4%£102.88M£63.09M-921.99444Gap Up
NXQ
Nexteq
N/AGBX 79
-1.3%
GBX 200
+153.2%
-17.5%£47.31M£86.68M16,458.33219High Trading Volume
INSG
Insig AI
N/AGBX 22.38
-4.8%
N/A+65.5%£27.03M-£346.84K-129.19410
CRTA
Cirata
N/AGBX 21
+4.5%
N/A-22.2%£26.53M£7.68M-190.91112High Trading Volume
SMRT
Smartspace Software
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.05M£5.43M-1,500.00640
CYAN
CyanConnode
N/AGBX 7.34
+1.2%
N/A-12.6%£25.51M£14.18M-627.35100Gap Down
IOM
iomart Group
N/AGBX 22
-3.1%
N/A-82.3%£24.81M£143.46M-44.90480Dividend Cut
MMX
Minds and Machines Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.60M£14.57M29.009,400Gap Down
CSFS
Cornerstone FS
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.23M£6.53M-1,011.5034Gap Up

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This page (LON:TST) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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