Redcentric (RCN) Competitors

Redcentric (LON:RCN) and FD Technologies (LON:FDP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RCN or FDP?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of FD Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, RCN or FDP?

Redcentric has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FD Technologies has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RCN or FDP a better dividend stock?

Redcentric pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Redcentric pays out -181.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FD Technologies pays out -19.4% 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.

Is RCN or FDP more profitable?

Redcentric has a net margin of -2.11% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -16.39%. Redcentric's return on equity of -6.10% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Redcentric	-2.11%	-6.10%	1.10%
FD Technologies	-16.39%	-24.32%	0.25%

Do analysts prefer RCN or FDP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Redcentric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FD Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RCN or FDP?

FD Technologies received 122 more outperform votes than Redcentric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.33% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Redcentric an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Redcentric	Outperform Votes 202 54.01%	Underperform Votes 172 45.99%
FD Technologies	Outperform Votes 324 77.33%	Underperform Votes 95 22.67%

Does the media prefer RCN or FDP?

In the previous week, Redcentric had 1 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Redcentric and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. Redcentric's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Redcentric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Redcentric	Positive
FD Technologies	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RCN or FDP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Redcentric	£159.83M	1.22	-£3.37M	-£2.21	-56.84
FD Technologies	£196.89M	1.86	-£32.27M	-£144.37	-11.43

Summary

Redcentric beats FD Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.