BVC vs. TSTL, SPEC, AKR, CNSL, ODX, CTEC, AMS, HZD, NIOX, and MGP
Should you be buying BATM Advanced Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BATM Advanced Communications include Tristel (TSTL), INSPECS Group (SPEC), Akers Biosciences (AKR), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Omega Diagnostics Group (ODX), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), NIOX Group (NIOX), and Medica Group (MGP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) and Tristel (LON:TSTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Tristel has a net margin of 15.29% compared to BATM Advanced Communications' net margin of -0.16%. Tristel's return on equity of 20.35% beat BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity.
BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tristel has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tristel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BATM Advanced Communications.
BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Tristel pays out 10,000.0% 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 received 42 more outperform votes than Tristel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote while only 49.48% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.
41.8% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Tristel shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Tristel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BATM Advanced Communications and BATM Advanced Communications both had 1 articles in the media. BATM Advanced Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Tristel's score of 0.59 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tristel beats BATM Advanced Communications on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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