YU vs. TEP, SSE, HGEN, JEL, IES, GOOD, OPG, ATOM, ETP, and GRP
Should you be buying Yü Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yü Group include Telecom Plus (TEP), SSE (SSE), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Good Energy Group (GOOD), OPG Power Ventures (OPG), Atome (ATOM), Eneraqua Technologies (ETP), and Greencoat Renewables (GRP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and Yü Group (LON:YU) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Yü Group had 1 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Yü Group and 1 mentions for Telecom Plus. Yü Group's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Telecom Plus' score of 0.45 indicating that Telecom Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Yü Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Telecom Plus pays out 9,647.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Yü Group pays out 2,366.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Telecom Plus received 297 more outperform votes than Yü Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Yü Group an outperform vote while only 70.95% of users gave Telecom Plus an outperform vote.
Yü Group has a net margin of 6.71% compared to Yü Group's net margin of 2.42%. Telecom Plus' return on equity of 100.20% beat Yü Group's return on equity.
64.0% of Telecom Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of Yü Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Telecom Plus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.3% of Yü Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Telecom Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Yü Group. Yü Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yü Group has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Yü Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,415, suggesting a potential downside of 25.13%. Given Telecom Plus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yü Group is more favorable than Telecom Plus.
Summary
Yü Group beats Telecom Plus on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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