Touchstar (TST) Competitors

Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Touchstar (LON:TST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CNC or TST?

Concurrent Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstar. Concurrent Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Touchstar, 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
Concurrent Technologies	£44.57M	4.40	£5.09M	£0.05	4,307.40
Touchstar	£6.88M	0.89	£610.87K	£0.00	17,942.58

Is CNC or TST 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
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	13.89%	8.31%
Touchstar	8.71%	17.58%	5.19%

Is CNC or TST a better dividend stock?

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 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Touchstar pays out 358.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer CNC or TST?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 1 mentions for Touchstar. Touchstar's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Concurrent Technologies' score of 0.15 indicating that Touchstar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CNC or TST?

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CNC or TST?

31.6% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Touchstar shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.