VNET vs. CTG, SMRT, ADAM, INTU, INFA, API, MTC, TEAM, INSE, and RTC
Should you be buying Vianet Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vianet Group include Christie Group (CTG), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Intu Properties (INTU), InfraStrata (INFA), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Mothercare (MTC), TEAM (TEAM), Inspired (INSE), and RTC Group (RTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Vianet Group vs. Its Competitors
Christie Group (LON:CTG) and Vianet Group (LON:VNET) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, Vianet Group had 1 more articles in the media than Christie Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vianet Group and 0 mentions for Christie Group. Vianet Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Christie Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Vianet Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Christie Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vianet Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.2% of Christie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Vianet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 61.3% of Christie Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Vianet Group shares are held by 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.
Vianet Group has a net margin of 5.28% compared to Christie Group's net margin of -4.87%. Vianet Group's return on equity of 2.99% beat Christie Group's return on equity.
Vianet Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Christie Group. Christie Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vianet Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Christie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Christie Group pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vianet Group pays out 36.7% 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. Christie Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Vianet Group beats Christie Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:VNET) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
