MAI vs. BBB, TOOP, ORNT, SAT, TPOP, VOD, BT.A, AAF, ZEG, and ISAT
Should you be buying Maintel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maintel include Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Toople (TOOP), Orient Telecoms (ORNT), 21512 (SAT.L) (SAT), People's Operator (TPOP), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BT Group (BT.A), Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), and Inmarsat (ISAT). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Maintel vs. Its Competitors
Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) and Maintel (LON:MAI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 400.0%. Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. 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.
Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maintel has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Bigblu Broadband's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Maintel'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
54.1% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of Maintel shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Bigblu Broadband shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Maintel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:MAI) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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