TST vs. CNC, XAR, NXQ, CYAN, GETB, IND, SMRT, CHSS, NANO, and MMX
Should you be buying Touchstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstar include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Nexteq (NXQ), CyanConnode (CYAN), GetBusy (GETB), IndigoVision Group plc (IND.L) (IND), Smartspace Software (SMRT), World Chess (CHSS), Nanoco Group (NANO), and Minds and Machines Group (MMX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Touchstar vs.
Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Touchstar (LON:TST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Touchstar'saverage media sentiment score.
Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstar has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Touchstar pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Touchstar pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Touchstar received 27 more outperform votes than Concurrent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.93% of users gave Touchstar an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.
Concurrent Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstar. Touchstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Touchstar shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Touchstar 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.
Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Touchstar's net margin of 8.71%. Touchstar's return on equity of 17.71% beat Concurrent Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Concurrent Technologies and Touchstar tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TST) was last updated on 1/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
