SSE (SSE) Competitors

Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and SSE (LON:SSE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential upside of 30.92%. Given Telecom Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Telecom Plus is more favorable than SSE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telecom Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SSE	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is TEP or SSE a better dividend stock?

Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Telecom Plus pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SSE pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TEP or SSE?

67.3% of Telecom Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of SSE shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Telecom Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 12 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SSE and 0 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Telecom Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus	Neutral
SSE	Positive

Is TEP or SSE more profitable?

SSE has a net margin of 16.36% compared to Telecom Plus' net margin of 3.48%. Telecom Plus' return on equity of 31.35% beat SSE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telecom Plus	3.48%	31.35%	9.20%
SSE	16.36%	17.83%	6.57%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TEP or SSE?

SSE has higher revenue and earnings than Telecom Plus. SSE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Plus, 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
Telecom Plus	£2.03B	0.78	£70.86M	£88.79	22.37
SSE	£10.47B	1.93	£1.71B	£156.52	11.78

Which has more risk and volatility, TEP or SSE?

Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSE has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Telecom Plus and SSE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.