SSE (SSE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEP or SSE?

SSE received 240 more outperform votes than Telecom Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.95% of users gave Telecom Plus an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave SSE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telecom Plus	Outperform Votes 298 70.95%	Underperform Votes 122 29.05%
SSE	Outperform Votes 538 56.87%	Underperform Votes 408 43.13%

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 5.0%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Telecom Plus pays out 9,325.8% 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 3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer TEP or SSE?

In the previous week, SSE had 3 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SSE and 0 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.46 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	Neutral

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

67.3% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of SSE shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Telecom Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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	£2.04B	0.65	£71.04M	£0.89	1,880.90
SSE	£10.46B	1.69	£1.71B	£1.56	1,030.77

Do analysts prefer TEP or SSE?

SSE has a consensus price target of GBX 2,041.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.97%. Given SSE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SSE is more favorable than Telecom Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telecom Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SSE	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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 30.66% beat SSE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telecom Plus	3.48%	30.66%	9.20%
SSE	16.36%	16.47%	6.57%

Which has more volatility and risk, TEP or SSE?

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

Summary

SSE beats Telecom Plus on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.