TST vs. CNC, XAR, NXQ, KBT, GETB, IND, SYS, CYAN, SMRT, and BIRD
Should you be buying Touchstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstar include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Nexteq (NXQ), K3 Business Technology Group (KBT), GetBusy (GETB), IndigoVision Group plc (IND.L) (IND), SysGroup (SYS), CyanConnode (CYAN), Smartspace Software (SMRT), and Blackbird (BIRD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Touchstar (LON:TST) and Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstar. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Touchstar. Touchstar's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Concurrent Technologies'average media sentiment score.
Touchstar has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.1% of Touchstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.2% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.1% of Touchstar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Touchstar pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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. 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 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 a net margin of 13.89% compared to Touchstar's net margin of 8.85%. Touchstar's return on equity of 20.63% beat Concurrent Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Concurrent Technologies beats Touchstar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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