FDM Group (FDM) Competitors

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

Is FDM or FDP more profitable?

FDM Group has a net margin of 10.34% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. FDM Group's return on equity of 41.51% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FDM Group	10.34%	41.51%	21.43%
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-7.69%	0.25%

Does the media prefer FDM or FDP?

In the previous week, FDM Group had 2 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FDM Group and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. FD Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat FDM Group's score of -0.38 indicating that FD Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FDM Group	Neutral
FD Technologies	Neutral

Is FDM or FDP a better dividend stock?

FDM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. FDM Group pays out 10,357.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FD Technologies pays out -5,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate FDM or FDP?

FDM Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 430, suggesting a potential upside of 36.94%. Given FDM Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FDM Group is more favorable than FD Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FDM Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
FD Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FDM or FDP?

FD Technologies received 88 more outperform votes than FDM Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.27% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 70.15% of users gave FDM Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FDM Group	Outperform Votes 235 70.15%	Underperform Votes 100 29.85%
FD Technologies	Outperform Votes 323 77.27%	Underperform Votes 95 22.73%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FDM or FDP?

FDM Group has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FDM 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
FDM Group	£294.27M	1.16	£30.43M	£0.28	1,121.43
FD Technologies	£248.86M	2.00	-£13.37M	-£0.48	-3,666.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FDM or FDP?

79.1% of FDM Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of FD Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of FDM Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, FDM or FDP?

FDM Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FDM Group beats FD Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.