Maintel (MAI) Competitors

Maintel (LON:MAI) and Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MAI or BBB?

Maintel received 51 more outperform votes than Bigblu Broadband when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Bigblu Broadband an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave Maintel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maintel	Outperform Votes 97 53.01%	Underperform Votes 86 46.99%
Bigblu Broadband	Outperform Votes 46 67.65%	Underperform Votes 22 32.35%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MAI or BBB?

Bigblu Broadband has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maintel. Maintel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bigblu Broadband, 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
Maintel	£100.41M	0.37	-£2.53M	-£0.18	-1,432.44
Bigblu Broadband	£24.16M	0.87	-£1.49M	-£0.03	-1,190.00

Which has more volatility & risk, MAI or BBB?

Maintel has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MAI or BBB more profitable?

Maintel has a net margin of -2.52% compared to Bigblu Broadband's net margin of -19.83%. Maintel's return on equity of -16.30% beat Bigblu Broadband's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maintel	-2.52%	-16.30%	2.89%
Bigblu Broadband	-19.83%	-16.94%	-6.57%

Is MAI or BBB a better dividend stock?

Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 252.1%. Maintel pays out -19,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bigblu Broadband pays out -300,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bigblu Broadband is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer MAI or BBB?

In the previous week, Maintel's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bigblu Broadband'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maintel	Neutral
Bigblu Broadband	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MAI or BBB?

30.5% of Maintel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.9% of Maintel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.