NET vs. ALFA, IMO, BIG, NCC, PBEE, IDOX, ACSO, DOTD, IQG, and TRCS
Should you be buying Netcall stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netcall include Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), IMImobile (IMO), Big Technologies (BIG), NCC Group (NCC), PensionBee Group (PBEE), IDOX (IDOX), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IQGeo Group (IQG), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Alfa Financial Software (LON:ALFA) and Netcall (LON:NET) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Alfa Financial Software pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Netcall pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alfa Financial Software pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Netcall pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
36.3% of Alfa Financial Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Netcall shares are held by institutional investors. 64.2% of Alfa Financial Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Netcall shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Netcall received 37 more outperform votes than Alfa Financial Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Alfa Financial Software an outperform vote while only 57.30% of users gave Netcall an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Netcall's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alfa Financial Software'saverage media sentiment score.
Alfa Financial Software has higher revenue and earnings than Netcall. Alfa Financial Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Netcall, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Netcall has a consensus price target of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 52.05%. Given Alfa Financial Software's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Netcall is more favorable than Alfa Financial Software.
Alfa Financial Software has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netcall has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alfa Financial Software has a net margin of 23.04% compared to Alfa Financial Software's net margin of 14.32%. Netcall's return on equity of 55.95% beat Alfa Financial Software's return on equity.
Summary
Alfa Financial Software beats Netcall on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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