Vianet Group (VNET) Competitors

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

Is SST or VNET 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
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%
Vianet Group	5.28%	2.99%	2.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SST or VNET?

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SST or VNET?

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
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	0.82	£60.88M	£261.69	1.06
Vianet Group	£14.99M	1.09	£791.11K	£2.72	20.60

Is SST or VNET a better dividend stock?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vianet Group pays out 36.8% 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.

Does the media refer more to SST or VNET?

In the previous week, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Vianet Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral
Vianet Group	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SST or VNET?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, SST or VNET?

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

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats Vianet Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.