BATM Advanced Communications (BVC) Competitors

Tristel (LON:TSTL) and BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TSTL or BVC?

Tristel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BATM Advanced Communications. BATM Advanced Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tristel, 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
Tristel	£42.24M	3.20	£6.54M	£13.66	20.68
BATM Advanced Communications	£130.32M	0.55	-£278.26K	-£0.04	-311.08

Which has more risk and volatility, TSTL or BVC?

Tristel has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSTL or BVC a better dividend stock?

Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Tristel pays out 95.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BATM Advanced Communications pays out -2,321.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BATM Advanced Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to TSTL or BVC?

In the previous week, Tristel and Tristel both had 2 articles in the media. Tristel's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat BATM Advanced Communications' score of 0.79 indicating that Tristel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tristel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BATM Advanced Communications	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TSTL or BVC?

50.4% of Tristel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Tristel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TSTL or BVC more profitable?

Tristel has a net margin of 15.47% compared to BATM Advanced Communications' net margin of -0.21%. Tristel's return on equity of 20.43% beat BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tristel	15.47%	20.43%	9.89%
BATM Advanced Communications	-0.21%	-0.22%	0.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSTL or BVC?

BATM Advanced Communications received 42 more outperform votes than Tristel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tristel	Outperform Votes 148 57.36%	Underperform Votes 110 42.64%
BATM Advanced Communications	Outperform Votes 190 49.10%	Underperform Votes 197 50.90%

Summary

Tristel beats BATM Advanced Communications on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.