TT Electronics (TTG) Competitors

TT Electronics (LON:TTG) and Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) 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 dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is TTG or GHH more profitable?

Gooch & Housego has a net margin of 0.78% compared to TT Electronics' net margin of -2.19%. Gooch & Housego's return on equity of 1.02% beat TT Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TT Electronics	-2.19%	-4.73%	0.42%
Gooch & Housego	0.78%	1.02%	1.88%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TTG or GHH?

92.8% of TT Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Gooch & Housego shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of TT Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Gooch & Housego shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TTG or GHH?

Gooch & Housego has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TT Electronics. TT Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gooch & Housego, 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
TT Electronics	£585.37M	0.27	-£12.84M	-£7.14	-12.41
Gooch & Housego	£138.27M	0.95	£1.07M	£4.32	119.89

Which has more volatility and risk, TTG or GHH?

TT Electronics has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gooch & Housego has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTG or GHH?

TT Electronics received 354 more outperform votes than Gooch & Housego when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.12% of users gave TT Electronics an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave Gooch & Housego an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TT Electronics	Outperform Votes 548 80.12%	Underperform Votes 136 19.88%
Gooch & Housego	Outperform Votes 194 58.61%	Underperform Votes 137 41.39%

Do analysts prefer TTG or GHH?

TT Electronics currently has a consensus target price of GBX 92.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Gooch & Housego has a consensus target price of GBX 635, indicating a potential upside of 22.59%. Given Gooch & Housego's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gooch & Housego is more favorable than TT Electronics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TT Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Gooch & Housego	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TTG or GHH a better dividend stock?

TT Electronics pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Gooch & Housego pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TT Electronics pays out -98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gooch & Housego pays out 300.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TT Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor TTG or GHH?

In the previous week, TT Electronics and TT Electronics both had 1 articles in the media. TT Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.67 equaled Gooch & Housego'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TT Electronics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gooch & Housego	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Gooch & Housego beats TT Electronics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.