Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) Competitors

Digital 9 Infrastructure (LON:DGI9) and Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Does the media prefer DGI9 or SST?

In the previous week, Digital 9 Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Neutral
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DGI9 or SST?

61.2% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DGI9 or SST more profitable?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a net margin of 77.82% compared to Digital 9 Infrastructure's net margin of -10,114.37%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity of 28.42% beat Digital 9 Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital 9 Infrastructure	-10,114.37%	-67.49%	N/A
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DGI9 or SST?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos received 101 more outperform votes than Digital 9 Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.63% of users gave Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Digital 9 Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%

Is DGI9 or SST a better dividend stock?

Digital 9 Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 63.6%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Digital 9 Infrastructure pays out -11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% 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. Digital 9 Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, DGI9 or SST?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Digital 9 Infrastructure. Digital 9 Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos, 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
Digital 9 Infrastructure	£4.51M	17.83	-£456.44M	-£54.34	-0.17
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	4.34	£60.88M	£261.69	5.58

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats Digital 9 Infrastructure on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.