XLMedia (XLM) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend XLM or SNWS?

Smiths News has a consensus price target of GBX 85, suggesting a potential upside of 61.60%. 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 volatility and risk, XLM or SNWS?

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

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	0.79	-£74.65M	-£18.47	-0.52
Smiths News	£1.11B	0.11	£25.54M	£10.62	4.95

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%

Do insiders and institutionals 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to XLM or SNWS?

In the previous week, Smiths News had 1 more articles in the media than XLMedia. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Smiths News and 0 mentions for XLMedia. XLMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smiths News'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
XLMedia	Neutral
Smiths News	Neutral

Is XLM or SNWS a better dividend stock?

XLMedia pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 62.2%. Smiths News pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. 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.

Summary

Smiths News beats XLMedia on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.