Bigblu Broadband (BBB) Competitors

Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) and Maintel (LON:MAI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has higher revenue and earnings than Maintel. Maintel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bigblu Broadband, 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
Bigblu Broadband	£15.64B	0.00	£2.52B	£4.27 thousand	0.01
Maintel	£100.40M	0.33	-£2.53M	-£17.63	-13.05

Is BBB or MAI a better dividend stock?

Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 276.5%. Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Bigblu Broadband pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maintel pays out -198.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to BBB or MAI?

In the previous week, Bigblu Broadband had 1 more articles in the media than Maintel. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bigblu Broadband and 0 mentions for Maintel. Bigblu Broadband's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Maintel's score of 0.00 indicating that Bigblu Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bigblu Broadband	Positive
Maintel	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBB or MAI?

Maintel received 51 more outperform votes than Bigblu Broadband when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Bigblu Broadband an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave Maintel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bigblu Broadband	Outperform Votes 46 67.65%	Underperform Votes 22 32.35%
Maintel	Outperform Votes 97 53.01%	Underperform Votes 86 46.99%

Is BBB or MAI more profitable?

Bigblu Broadband has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Maintel's net margin of -2.52%. Bigblu Broadband's return on equity of 72.30% beat Maintel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bigblu Broadband	16.14%	72.30%	-6.57%
Maintel	-2.52%	-17.74%	2.89%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BBB or MAI?

54.1% of Bigblu Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of Maintel shares are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of Bigblu Broadband shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Maintel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maintel has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.