TSTL vs. BVC, AMS, BVXP, OXB, APH, HVO, AVCT, NIOX, BXP, and 4BB
Should you be buying Tristel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tristel include BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Bioventix (BVXP), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Alliance Pharma (APH), hVIVO (HVO), Avacta Group (AVCT), NIOX Group (NIOX), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), and 4basebio (4BB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) and Tristel (LON:TSTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
41.8% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of Tristel shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Tristel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tristel had 2 more articles in the media than BATM Advanced Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tristel and 1 mentions for BATM Advanced Communications. Tristel's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat BATM Advanced Communications' score of 0.34 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Tristel pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Tristel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BATM Advanced Communications.
BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tristel has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tristel has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential downside of 14.29%. Given BATM Advanced Communications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tristel is more favorable than BATM Advanced Communications.
Tristel has a net margin of 15.29% compared to Tristel's net margin of -0.16%. BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity of 20.35% beat Tristel's return on equity.
BATM Advanced Communications received 42 more outperform votes than Tristel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote while only 49.48% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Tristel beats BATM Advanced Communications on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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