TST vs. CNC, XAR, NXQ, MMX, CSFS, GETB, MNO, TIA, SYS, and WTG
Should you be buying Touchstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstar include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Nexteq (NXQ), Minds and Machines Group (MMX), Cornerstone FS (CSFS), GetBusy (GETB), Maestrano Group (MNO), Tialis Essential IT (TIA), SysGroup (SYS), and Watchstone Group (WTG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Touchstar vs.
Touchstar (LON:TST) and Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Touchstar has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Touchstar pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Touchstar pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Concurrent Technologies pays out 17.1% 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.
Touchstar received 27 more outperform votes than Concurrent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.93% of users gave Touchstar an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Touchstar had 1 more articles in the media than Concurrent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Touchstar and 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Touchstar's score of 1.03 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
15.1% of Touchstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of Touchstar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TST) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
