Vianet Group (VNET) Competitors

Vianet Group (LON:VNET) and Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Is VNET or SST more profitable?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a net margin of 77.82% compared to Vianet Group's net margin of 5.28%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity of 28.42% beat Vianet Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vianet Group	5.28%	2.99%	2.22%
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%

Is VNET or SST a better dividend stock?

Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Vianet Group pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% 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. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VNET or SST?

50.9% of Vianet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.9% of Vianet Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, VNET or SST?

Vianet Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VNET or SST?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Vianet Group. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vianet Group, 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
Vianet Group	£14.99M	1.13	£791.11K	£2.72	21.38
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	0.84	£60.88M	£261.69	1.08

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNET or SST?

Vianet Group received 15 more outperform votes than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.63% of users gave Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave Vianet Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vianet Group	Outperform Votes 116 69.46%	Underperform Votes 51 30.54%
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%

Does the media favor VNET or SST?

In the previous week, Vianet Group had 1 more articles in the media than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vianet Group and 0 mentions for Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Vianet Group's score of -0.07 indicating that Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vianet Group	Neutral
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats Vianet Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.