Ebiquity (EBQ) Competitors

System1 Group (LON:SYS1) and Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SYS1 or EBQ?

Ebiquity received 116 more outperform votes than System1 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.45% of users gave Ebiquity an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave System1 Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
System1 Group	Outperform Votes 118 64.84%	Underperform Votes 64 35.16%
Ebiquity	Outperform Votes 234 72.45%	Underperform Votes 89 27.55%

Does the media favor SYS1 or EBQ?

In the previous week, System1 Group and System1 Group both had 1 articles in the media. Ebiquity's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat System1 Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ebiquity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
System1 Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ebiquity	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SYS1 or EBQ a better dividend stock?

System1 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ebiquity pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. System1 Group pays out 3,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ebiquity pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ebiquity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate SYS1 or EBQ?

System1 Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 840, indicating a potential upside of 37.70%. Given System1 Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe System1 Group is more favorable than Ebiquity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
System1 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ebiquity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, SYS1 or EBQ?

System1 Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ebiquity has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SYS1 or EBQ?

47.1% of System1 Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Ebiquity shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of System1 Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Ebiquity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SYS1 or EBQ more profitable?

System1 Group has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Ebiquity's net margin of -7.78%. System1 Group's return on equity of 21.21% beat Ebiquity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
System1 Group	6.77%	21.21%	11.37%
Ebiquity	-7.78%	-14.07%	1.64%

Which has better earnings & valuation, SYS1 or EBQ?

System1 Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ebiquity. Ebiquity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than System1 Group, 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
System1 Group	£30.02M	2.58	£2.03M	£0.16	3,812.50
Ebiquity	£77.42M	0.34	-£6.02M	-£0.05	-382.40

Summary

System1 Group beats Ebiquity on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.