Huddled Group (HUD) Competitors

Huddled Group (LON:HUD) and Zinc Media Group (LON:ZIN) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HUD or ZIN?

Zinc Media Group received 105 more outperform votes than Huddled Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Huddled Group	N/A	N/A
Zinc Media Group	Outperform Votes 105 58.33%	Underperform Votes 75 41.67%

Is HUD or ZIN more profitable?

Zinc Media Group has a net margin of -8.12% compared to Huddled Group's net margin of -36.99%. Huddled Group's return on equity of -34.69% beat Zinc Media Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huddled Group	-36.99%	-34.69%	-19.20%
Zinc Media Group	-8.12%	-68.48%	-6.16%

Do analysts rate HUD or ZIN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huddled Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Zinc Media Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer HUD or ZIN?

In the previous week, Huddled Group had 8 more articles in the media than Zinc Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Huddled Group and 6 mentions for Zinc Media Group. Huddled Group's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Zinc Media Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Huddled Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Huddled Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Zinc Media Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HUD or ZIN?

13.7% of Huddled Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Zinc Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.4% of Huddled Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Zinc Media Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HUD or ZIN?

Huddled Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Zinc Media Group. Zinc Media Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huddled 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
Huddled Group	£7.63M	1.18	-£2.92M	-£0.01	-280.00
Zinc Media Group	£36.62M	0.39	-£3M	-£0.14	-442.86

Which has more volatility & risk, HUD or ZIN?

Huddled Group has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zinc Media Group has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Huddled Group beats Zinc Media Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.