Solid State (SOLI) Competitors

TT Electronics (LON:TTG) and Solid State (LON:SOLI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TTG or SOLI?

Solid State has higher revenue and earnings than TT Electronics. TT Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solid State, 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
TT Electronics	£585.37M	0.25	-£12.84M	-£7.14	-11.29
Solid State	£814.72M	0.12	£44.26M	£78.22	2.14

Which has more volatility & risk, TTG or SOLI?

TT Electronics has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solid State has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTG or SOLI?

TT Electronics received 373 more outperform votes than Solid State when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.23% of users gave TT Electronics an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Solid State an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TT Electronics	Outperform Votes 548 80.23%	Underperform Votes 135 19.77%
Solid State	Outperform Votes 175 65.54%	Underperform Votes 92 34.46%

Do analysts prefer TTG or SOLI?

TT Electronics currently has a consensus target price of GBX 132.50, indicating a potential upside of 64.39%. Given TT Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TT Electronics is more favorable than Solid State.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TT Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Solid State	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor TTG or SOLI?

In the previous week, Solid State had 3 more articles in the media than TT Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Solid State and 0 mentions for TT Electronics. Solid State's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat TT Electronics' score of 0.00 indicating that Solid State is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TT Electronics	Neutral
Solid State	Neutral

Is TTG or SOLI a better dividend stock?

TT Electronics pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Solid State pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TT Electronics pays out -98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Solid State pays out 5.1% 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. TT Electronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TTG or SOLI?

92.8% of TT Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Solid State shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of TT Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Solid State 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.

Is TTG or SOLI more profitable?

Solid State has a net margin of 5.43% compared to TT Electronics' net margin of -2.19%. Solid State's return on equity of 14.05% beat TT Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TT Electronics	-2.19%	-4.73%	0.42%
Solid State	5.43%	14.05%	9.06%

Summary

Solid State beats TT Electronics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.