Maintel (MAI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBB or MAI?

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

Is BBB or MAI a better dividend stock?

Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 310.3%. Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. Bigblu Broadband pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maintel pays out -198.6% 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.

Is BBB or MAI more profitable?

Bigblu Broadband has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Maintel's net margin of -2.52%. Bigblu Broadband's return on equity of 72.30% beat Maintel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bigblu Broadband	16.14%	72.30%	-6.57%
Maintel	-2.52%	-17.74%	2.89%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BBB or MAI?

54.1% of Bigblu Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of Maintel shares are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of Bigblu Broadband shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Maintel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BBB or MAI?

In the previous week, Bigblu Broadband and Bigblu Broadband both had 1 articles in the media. Bigblu Broadband's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Maintel's score of 0.00 indicating that Bigblu Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bigblu Broadband	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Maintel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBB or MAI?

Bigblu Broadband has higher revenue and 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
Bigblu Broadband	£15.64B	0.00	£2.52B	£4.27 thousand	0.01
Maintel	£100.40M	0.31	-£2.53M	-£17.63	-12.25

Which has more risk and volatility, BBB or MAI?

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

Summary

Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.