GSTechnologies (GST) Competitors

Triad Group (LON:TRD) and GSTechnologies (LON:GST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRD or GST?

1.0% of Triad Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 99.0% of Triad Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of GSTechnologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TRD or GST?

Triad Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSTechnologies has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRD or GST?

Triad Group has higher revenue and earnings than GSTechnologies.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triad Group	£14.05M	3.62	-£1.01M	-£0.06	-5,083.33
GSTechnologies	£1.55M	12.39	-£1.21M	N/A	N/A

Is TRD or GST more profitable?

Triad Group has a net margin of -7.21% compared to GSTechnologies' net margin of -77.86%. Triad Group's return on equity of -23.58% beat GSTechnologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triad Group	-7.21%	-23.58%	-10.50%
GSTechnologies	-77.86%	-24.18%	-7.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRD or GST?

Triad Group received 92 more outperform votes than GSTechnologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave GSTechnologies an outperform vote while only 65.10% of users gave Triad Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Triad Group	Outperform Votes 97 65.10%	Underperform Votes 52 34.90%
GSTechnologies	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%

Does the media refer more to TRD or GST?

In the previous week, Triad Group had 2 more articles in the media than GSTechnologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Triad Group and 2 mentions for GSTechnologies. GSTechnologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Triad Group's score of -0.09 indicating that GSTechnologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Triad Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GSTechnologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TRD or GST?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triad Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
GSTechnologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Triad Group beats GSTechnologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.