Touchstar (TST) Competitors

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

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%

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

15.1% of Touchstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 55.3% of Touchstar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher 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	£7.01M	1.01	£610.87K	£7.16	11.87
Concurrent Technologies	£36.64M	4.62	£5.09M	£5.85	33.53

Does the media refer more to TST or CNC?

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 0.82 beat Touchstar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Touchstar	Neutral
Concurrent Technologies	Positive

Is TST or CNC a better dividend stock?

Touchstar pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TST or CNC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Touchstar	Outperform Votes 78 63.93%	Underperform Votes 44 36.07%
Concurrent Technologies	Outperform Votes 51 56.67%	Underperform Votes 39 43.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, TST or CNC?

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

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.