MAI vs. BBB, ORNT, TOOP, 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), Orient Telecoms (ORNT), Toople (TOOP), 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.
Maintel (LON:MAI) and Bigblu Broadband (LON:BBB) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Maintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. Bigblu Broadband pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 272.7%. Maintel pays out -198.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bigblu Broadband pays out 2.1% 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.
In the previous week, Bigblu Broadband had 1 more articles in the media than Maintel. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bigblu Broadband and 0 mentions for Maintel. Bigblu Broadband's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Maintel's score of 0.00 indicating that Bigblu Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Maintel has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bigblu Broadband has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bigblu Broadband beats Maintel on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MAI) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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