Computacenter (CCC) Competitors

FD Technologies (LON:FDP) and Computacenter (LON:CCC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer FDP or CCC?

Computacenter has a consensus target price of GBX 2,958.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.84%. Given Computacenter's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Computacenter is more favorable than FD Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FD Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Computacenter	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FDP or CCC?

Computacenter has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computacenter, 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
FD Technologies	£196.89M	1.98	-£32.27M	-£144.37	-12.16
Computacenter	£6.00B	0.39	£158.49M	£149.45	14.68

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FDP or CCC?

FD Technologies received 7 more outperform votes than Computacenter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.27% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Computacenter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FD Technologies	Outperform Votes 323 77.27%	Underperform Votes 95 22.73%
Computacenter	Outperform Votes 316 68.85%	Underperform Votes 143 31.15%

Does the media prefer FDP or CCC?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
FD Technologies	Neutral
Computacenter	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FDP or CCC?

85.1% of FD Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Computacenter shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.4% of Computacenter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FDP or CCC a better dividend stock?

FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Computacenter pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. FD Technologies pays out -19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Computacenter pays out 47.5% 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.

Is FDP or CCC more profitable?

Computacenter has a net margin of 2.64% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Computacenter's return on equity of 17.61% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-24.32%	0.25%
Computacenter	2.64%	17.61%	4.83%

Which has more risk and volatility, FDP or CCC?

FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computacenter has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Computacenter beats FD Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.