FD Technologies (FDP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FDP or TED?

85.1% of FD Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of FD Technologies 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.

Does the media refer more to FDP or TED?

In the previous week, FD Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Ted Baker. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FD Technologies and 1 mentions for Ted Baker. Ted Baker's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.12 indicating that Ted Baker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FD Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ted Baker	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FDP or TED?

Ted Baker received 151 more outperform votes than FD Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.33% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 72.08% of users gave Ted Baker an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FD Technologies	Outperform Votes 324 77.33%	Underperform Votes 95 22.67%
Ted Baker	Outperform Votes 475 72.08%	Underperform Votes 184 27.92%

Is FDP or TED more profitable?

Ted Baker has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Ted Baker's return on equity of 0.00% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-24.32%	0.25%
Ted Baker	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate FDP or TED?

Given Ted Baker's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ted Baker 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
Ted Baker	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FDP or TED?

Ted Baker has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ted Baker, 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	2.00	-£32.27M	-£144.37	-12.27
Ted Baker	£428.24M	0.00	N/A	-£19.30	N/A

Summary

Ted Baker beats FD Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.