Shaftesbury Capital (SHC) Competitors

TalkTalk Telecom Group (LON:TALK) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is TALK or SHC a better dividend stock?

TalkTalk Telecom Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. TalkTalk Telecom Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaftesbury Capital pays out -7,500.0% 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. Shaftesbury Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor TALK or SHC?

In the previous week, TalkTalk Telecom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Shaftesbury Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that TalkTalk Telecom Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TalkTalk Telecom Group	Neutral
Shaftesbury Capital	Neutral

Do analysts rate TALK or SHC?

Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 165.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.43%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than TalkTalk Telecom Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TalkTalk Telecom Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Shaftesbury Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TALK or SHC?

TalkTalk Telecom Group received 700 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave TalkTalk Telecom Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TalkTalk Telecom Group	Outperform Votes 706 64.36%	Underperform Votes 391 35.64%
Shaftesbury Capital	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TALK or SHC?

68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TALK or SHC?

Shaftesbury Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TalkTalk Telecom Group. Shaftesbury Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TalkTalk Telecom Group, 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
TalkTalk Telecom Group	£1.52B	0.73	N/A	£12.80	7.57
Shaftesbury Capital	£228.40M	10.93	£37.40M	-£0.04	-3,200.00

Is TALK or SHC more profitable?

Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 16.37% compared to TalkTalk Telecom Group's net margin of 0.00%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 1.05% beat TalkTalk Telecom Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TalkTalk Telecom Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shaftesbury Capital	16.37%	1.05%	1.52%

Summary

Shaftesbury Capital beats TalkTalk Telecom Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.