NCC vs. KNOS, PRSM, KAPE, GBG, TRST, ATG, LTG, ALFA, IMO, and BIG
Should you be buying NCC Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NCC Group include Kainos Group (KNOS), Blue Prism Group (PRSM), Kape Technologies (KAPE), GB Group (GBG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Auction Technology Group (ATG), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), IMImobile (IMO), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and NCC Group (LON:NCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Kainos Group has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of -4.39%. NCC Group's return on equity of 34.05% beat Kainos Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 3 more articles in the media than Kainos Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NCC Group and 0 mentions for Kainos Group. NCC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Kainos Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Kainos Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NCC Group received 272 more outperform votes than Kainos Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.06% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote while only 72.02% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote.
46.3% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of NCC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of Kainos Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NCC Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kainos Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCC Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kainos Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,198.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.06%. Given NCC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than NCC Group.
Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kainos Group pays out 6,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NCC Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NCC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kainos Group has higher revenue and earnings than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kainos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kainos Group beats NCC Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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