SCT vs. CCC, WISE, SXS, RSW, DARK, FBT, NETW, OXIG, KNOS, and BYIT
Should you be buying Softcat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Softcat include Computacenter (CCC), Wise (WISE), Spectris (SXS), Renishaw (RSW), Darktrace (DARK), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), Network International (NETW), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Kainos Group (KNOS), and Bytes Technology Group (BYIT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Softcat (LON:SCT) and Computacenter (LON:CCC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Softcat pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Computacenter pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Softcat pays out 4,642.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Computacenter pays out 4,046.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Computacenter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Softcat has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computacenter has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Computacenter has higher revenue and earnings than Softcat. Computacenter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Softcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Computacenter received 16 more outperform votes than Softcat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.15% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 68.72% of users gave Computacenter an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Softcat had 3 more articles in the media than Computacenter. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Softcat and 0 mentions for Computacenter. Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Computacenter's score of 0.00 indicating that Softcat is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Softcat currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,393.33, suggesting a potential downside of 17.06%. Computacenter has a consensus price target of GBX 3,625, suggesting a potential upside of 30.86%. Given Computacenter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Computacenter is more favorable than Softcat.
Softcat has a net margin of 12.04% compared to Computacenter's net margin of 2.85%. Softcat's return on equity of 50.40% beat Computacenter's return on equity.
41.0% of Softcat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Computacenter shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Softcat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Computacenter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Softcat beats Computacenter on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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