Gooch & Housego (GHH) Competitors

TT Electronics (LON:TTG) and Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TTG or GHH?

Gooch & Housego has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TT Electronics. TT Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gooch & Housego, 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
TT Electronics	£579.20M	0.33	-£12.70M	-£0.07	-1,557.14
Gooch & Housego	£147.56M	0.78	£1.29M	£0.05	9,240.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TTG or GHH?

92.8% of TT Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Gooch & Housego shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of TT Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Gooch & Housego shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TTG or GHH?

In the previous week, TT Electronics had 4 more articles in the media than Gooch & Housego. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TT Electronics and 0 mentions for Gooch & Housego. TT Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Gooch & Housego's score of 0.00 indicating that TT Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TT Electronics	Neutral
Gooch & Housego	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TTG or GHH?

TT Electronics received 354 more outperform votes than Gooch & Housego when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.23% of users gave TT Electronics an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave Gooch & Housego an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TT Electronics	Outperform Votes 548 80.23%	Underperform Votes 135 19.77%
Gooch & Housego	Outperform Votes 194 58.61%	Underperform Votes 137 41.39%

Is TTG or GHH more profitable?

TT Electronics has a net margin of -2.19% compared to Gooch & Housego's net margin of -5.28%. Gooch & Housego's return on equity of 1.16% beat TT Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TT Electronics	-2.19%	-4.59%	0.42%
Gooch & Housego	-5.28%	1.16%	1.88%

Do analysts recommend TTG or GHH?

TT Electronics presently has a consensus target price of GBX 175, indicating a potential upside of 60.55%. Gooch & Housego has a consensus target price of GBX 635, indicating a potential upside of 37.45%. Given TT Electronics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TT Electronics is more favorable than Gooch & Housego.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TT Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Gooch & Housego	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TTG or GHH?

TT Electronics has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gooch & Housego has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TTG or GHH a better dividend stock?

TT Electronics pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Gooch & Housego pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. TT Electronics pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gooch & Housego pays out 26,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TT Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

TT Electronics beats Gooch & Housego on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.