XLMedia (XLM) Competitors GBX 10.75 +0.03 (+0.23%) As of 04:46 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlines XLM vs. CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, INM, TNI, INF, PSON, ERM, and FUTRShould you be buying XLMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XLMedia include Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), The Quarto Group (QRTR), Independent News & Media (INM), 1819989 (TNI.L) (TNI), Informa (INF), Pearson (PSON), Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM), and Future (FUTR). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry. XLMedia vs. Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) The Quarto Group Haynes Publishing Group The Quarto Group Independent News & Media 1819989 (TNI.L) Informa Pearson Euromoney Institutional Investor Future XLMedia (LON:XLM) and Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (LON:CNCT) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, XLM or CNCT? Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) has higher revenue and earnings than XLMedia. XLMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioXLMedia£43.76M0.63-£51.88M-£0.13-81.92Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)£1.44B0.00N/A-£18.20N/A Is XLM or CNCT a better dividend stock? XLMedia pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 56.3%. Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. XLMedia pays out -4,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) pays out -5.5% 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. Is XLM or CNCT more profitable? Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to XLMedia's net margin of -137.89%. Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat XLMedia's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets XLMedia-137.89% -68.92% 0.42% Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of XLM or CNCT? 7.8% of XLMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.3% of XLMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer XLM or CNCT? In the previous week, XLMedia and XLMedia both had 1 articles in the media. XLMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)'s score of 0.34 indicating that XLMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment XLMedia 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XLM or CNCT? Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) received 174 more outperform votes than XLMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) an outperform vote while only 72.95% of users gave XLMedia an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformXLMediaOutperform Votes21372.95% Underperform Votes7927.05% Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)Outperform Votes38775.00% Underperform Votes12925.00% SummaryXLMedia beats Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get XLMedia News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for XLM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart XLM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricXLMediaPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£27.61M£1.54B£3.25B£2.06BDividend Yield22.66%7.03%6.69%5.16%P/E Ratio-81.92601.63310.471,911.79Price / Sales0.6387.76130.34358,692.12Price / Cash2.4315.7116.0729.26Price / Book0.631.524.273.07Net Income-£51.88M£61.76M£136.69M£185.53M7 Day Performance0.47%0.09%2.09%-0.22%1 Month Performance15.51%-0.85%9.85%0.97%1 Year Performance62.60%17.89%24.80%29.97% XLMedia Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)XLMXLMediaN/AGBX 10.75+0.2%N/A+62.6%£27.87M£43.76M-82.69100CNCTSmiths News Plc (CNCT.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap UpQRTThe Quarto GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£57.25M£131.15M538.46305Gap DownHYNSHaynes Publishing GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£41.86M£36.89M47.57251QRTRThe Quarto GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.15M£126.28M5.97330Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeINMIndependent News & MediaN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.44M£191M14.86800News CoverageTNI1819989 (TNI.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000Gap UpINFInforma3.3653 of 5 starsGBX 826-0.3%GBX 966+16.9%+12.7%£10.90B£3.36B3,591.3011,135PSONPearson1.9964 of 5 starsGBX 1,291+1.2%GBX 1,159.25-10.2%+39.8%£8.57B£3.55B2,582.0021,400ERMEuromoney Institutional InvestorN/AN/AN/AN/A£1.60B£365.16M14,600.002,567High Trading VolumeFUTRFuture1.6968 of 5 starsGBX 931+1.5%GBX 1,169+25.6%+31.6%£1.03B£775.70M1,225.002,937Dividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) Alternatives The Quarto Group Alternatives Haynes Publishing Group Alternatives The Quarto Group Alternatives Independent News & Media Alternatives 1819989 (TNI.L) Alternatives Informa Alternatives Pearson Alternatives Euromoney Institutional Investor Alternatives Future Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:XLM) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNVDA Crash UpdateAn overseas AI rival sent shockwaves through the U.S. tech market last week... 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