SAAS vs. NCC, CER, IQG, IDOX, BIG, ACSO, DOTD, NET, APTD, and GHT
Should you be buying Microlise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microlise Group include NCC Group (NCC), Cerillion (CER), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), Big Technologies (BIG), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), dotdigital Group (DOTD), Netcall (NET), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), and Gresham Technologies (GHT). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Microlise Group vs.
Microlise Group (LON:SAAS) and NCC Group (LON:NCC) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Microlise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Microlise Group pays out 171.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NCC Group pays out -63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NCC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Microlise Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 204.50, suggesting a potential upside of 100.49%. Given Microlise Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Microlise Group is more favorable than NCC Group.
Microlise Group has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCC Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Microlise Group has a net margin of 2.14% compared to NCC Group's net margin of -7.68%. Microlise Group's return on equity of 1.87% beat NCC Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 1 more articles in the media than Microlise Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for NCC Group and 0 mentions for Microlise Group. NCC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Microlise Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NCC Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Microlise Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microlise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
35.2% of Microlise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of NCC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.0% of Microlise Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NCC Group shares are owned 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.
NCC Group received 508 more outperform votes than Microlise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Microlise Group an outperform vote while only 80.12% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Microlise Group beats NCC Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAAS) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
