SSE (SSE) Competitors

Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and SSE (LON:SSE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TEP or SSE?

SSE has higher revenue and earnings than Telecom Plus. Telecom Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSE, 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
Telecom Plus	£2.80B	0.53	£67.69M	£0.85	2,214.12
SSE	£11.65B	1.64	£578.40M	£0.53	3,311.32

Which has more risk & volatility, TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSE has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TEP or SSE?

63.7% of Telecom Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of SSE shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Telecom Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TEP or SSE more profitable?

SSE has a net margin of 4.96% compared to SSE's net margin of 2.42%. SSE's return on equity of 31.43% beat Telecom Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telecom Plus	2.42%	31.43%	11.81%
SSE	4.96%	7.07%	2.64%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TEP or SSE?

SSE received 239 more outperform votes than Telecom Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.95% of users gave Telecom Plus an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave SSE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telecom Plus	Outperform Votes 298 70.95%	Underperform Votes 122 29.05%
SSE	Outperform Votes 537 56.89%	Underperform Votes 407 43.11%

Does the media refer more to TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 7 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SSE and 1 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Telecom Plus' score of -0.02 indicating that Telecom Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SSE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer TEP or SSE?

SSE has a consensus price target of GBX 2,043.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.45%. Given Telecom Plus' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SSE is more favorable than Telecom Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telecom Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SSE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TEP or SSE a better dividend stock?

Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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. SSE pays out 16,603.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

SSE beats Telecom Plus on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.