Develop North (DVNO) Competitors

Develop North (LON:DVNO) and Digital 9 Infrastructure (LON:DGI9) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DVNO or DGI9?

Develop North and Digital 9 Infrastructure both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Develop North	N/A	N/A
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DVNO or DGI9?

61.2% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Develop North shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Digital 9 Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DVNO or DGI9 more profitable?

Develop North has a net margin of 59.58% compared to Digital 9 Infrastructure's net margin of -10,114.37%. Develop North's return on equity of 4.24% beat Digital 9 Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Develop North	59.58%	4.24%	1.11%
Digital 9 Infrastructure	-10,114.37%	-67.49%	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, DVNO or DGI9?

Develop North has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Digital 9 Infrastructure. Digital 9 Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Develop North, 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
Develop North	£1.42M	13.77	£846.72K	£3.37	23.12
Digital 9 Infrastructure	£4.51M	17.11	-£456.44M	-£54.34	-0.17

Is DVNO or DGI9 a better dividend stock?

Develop North pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Digital 9 Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 66.2%. Develop North pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Digital 9 Infrastructure pays out -11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Digital 9 Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer DVNO or DGI9?

In the previous week, Develop North and Develop North both had 2 articles in the media. Develop North's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Digital 9 Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Develop North is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Develop North	Positive
Digital 9 Infrastructure	Neutral

Summary

Develop North beats Digital 9 Infrastructure on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.