ZEG vs. GAMA, HTWS, AAF, FOUR, ASCL, SONG, MONY, BCG, YOU, and KWS
Should you be buying Zegona Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zegona Communications include Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), Airtel Africa (AAF), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Ascential (ASCL), Hipgnosis Songs (SONG), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), YouGov (YOU), and Keywords Studios (KWS). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) and Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Gamma Communications' net margin of 0.00%. Zegona Communications' return on equity of 16.68% beat Gamma Communications' return on equity.
Gamma Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Zegona Communications. Zegona Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gamma Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gamma Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Zegona Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Gamma Communications pays out 3,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zegona Communications pays out -1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zegona Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gamma Communications received 76 more outperform votes than Zegona Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.66% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gamma Communications had 3 more articles in the media than Zegona Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gamma Communications and 0 mentions for Zegona Communications. Zegona Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Gamma Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Gamma Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.
76.5% of Gamma Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Gamma Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gamma Communications presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,035, suggesting a potential upside of 55.43%. Zegona Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 100.27%. Given Gamma Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zegona Communications is more favorable than Gamma Communications.
Summary
Gamma Communications beats Zegona Communications on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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