RCN vs. FDP, FDM, KCT, ECK, IBPO, NASA, SSY, TRD, MTEC, and TPX
Should you be buying Redcentric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redcentric include FD Technologies (FDP), FDM Group (FDM), Kin and Carta (KCT), Eckoh (ECK), iEnergizer (IBPO), Nasstar (NASA), Scisys Group (SSY), Triad Group (TRD), Made Tech Group (MTEC), and TPXimpact (TPX). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
Redcentric vs.
Redcentric (LON:RCN) and FD Technologies (LON:FDP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, Redcentric had 4 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Redcentric and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. FD Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Redcentric's score of -0.39 indicating that FD Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Redcentric has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
75.1% of Redcentric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of FD Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Redcentric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Redcentric has a net margin of -2.11% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Redcentric's return on equity of -6.11% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.
Redcentric has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FD Technologies. Redcentric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FD Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Redcentric pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Redcentric pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FD Technologies pays out -5,833.3% 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. Redcentric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
FD Technologies received 121 more outperform votes than Redcentric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.27% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Redcentric an outperform vote.
Summary
FD Technologies beats Redcentric on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RCN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
