Bigblu Broadband (BBB) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has more volatility & risk, MAI or BBB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MAI or BBB?

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

Is MAI or BBB 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
Maintel	-2.52%	-17.74%	2.89%
Bigblu Broadband	16.14%	72.30%	-6.57%

Is MAI or BBB a better dividend stock?

Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 281.0%. Maintel pays out -198.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bigblu Broadband pays out 2.1% 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 MAI or BBB?

In the previous week, Maintel's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bigblu Broadband'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maintel	Neutral
Bigblu Broadband	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, MAI or BBB?

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
Maintel	£100.40M	0.31	-£2.53M	-£17.63	-12.48
Bigblu Broadband	£15.64B	0.00	£2.52B	£4.27 thousand	0.01

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.