XLMedia (XLM) Competitors

XLMedia (LON:XLM) and Smiths News (LON:SNWS) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.

Is XLM or SNWS more profitable?

Smiths News has a net margin of 2.31% compared to XLMedia's net margin of -189.42%. XLMedia's return on equity of -113.47% beat Smiths News' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XLMedia	-189.42%	-113.47%	0.42%
Smiths News	2.31%	-296.51%	12.57%

Is XLM or SNWS a better dividend stock?

XLMedia pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 60.0%. Smiths News pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. XLMedia pays out -32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths News pays out 47.1% 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. XLMedia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor XLM or SNWS?

In the previous week, Smiths News had 2 more articles in the media than XLMedia. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smiths News and 1 mentions for XLMedia. Smiths News' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat XLMedia's score of 0.00 indicating that Smiths News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XLMedia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smiths News	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor XLM or SNWS?

XLMedia received 199 more outperform votes than Smiths News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Smiths News an outperform vote while only 72.95% of users gave XLMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XLMedia	Outperform Votes 213 72.95%	Underperform Votes 79 27.05%
Smiths News	Outperform Votes 14 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate XLM or SNWS?

Smiths News has a consensus price target of GBX 85, suggesting a potential upside of 55.88%. Given Smiths News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smiths News is more favorable than XLMedia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XLMedia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Smiths News	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, XLM or SNWS?

XLMedia has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smiths News has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, XLM or SNWS?

Smiths News has higher revenue and earnings than XLMedia. XLMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths News, 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
XLMedia	£39.41M	0.82	-£74.65M	-£18.47	-0.54
Smiths News	£1.11B	0.12	£25.54M	£10.62	5.14

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of XLM or SNWS?

7.8% of XLMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Smiths News shares are held by institutional investors. 34.3% of XLMedia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Smiths News shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Smiths News beats XLMedia on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.