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Steel Connect (STCN) Competitors

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$12.50 +0.16 (+1.30%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

STCN vs. TTEC, V, MA, ADP, FI, PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, and JKHY

Should you be buying Steel Connect stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Connect include TTEC (TTEC), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Steel Connect vs.

TTEC (NASDAQ:TTEC) and Steel Connect (NASDAQ:STCN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Steel Connect has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TTEC. TTEC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Connect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TTEC$2.27B0.10$8.43M-$6.99-0.65
Steel Connect$183.26M0.43$87.98M$2.994.18

TTEC has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Connect has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

38.0% of TTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of Steel Connect shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.3% of TTEC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Steel Connect shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, TTEC had 3 more articles in the media than Steel Connect. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TTEC and 3 mentions for Steel Connect. Steel Connect's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat TTEC's score of 0.10 indicating that Steel Connect is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TTEC
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Steel Connect
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

TTEC presently has a consensus price target of $11.90, indicating a potential upside of 162.11%. Given TTEC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TTEC is more favorable than Steel Connect.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TTEC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Steel Connect
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Steel Connect has a net margin of 50.53% compared to TTEC's net margin of -14.69%. Steel Connect's return on equity of 14.59% beat TTEC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TTEC-14.69% 5.00% 1.15%
Steel Connect 50.53%14.59%3.67%

TTEC received 163 more outperform votes than Steel Connect when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.31% of users gave Steel Connect an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave TTEC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TTECOutperform Votes
325
59.74%
Underperform Votes
219
40.26%
Steel ConnectOutperform Votes
162
62.31%
Underperform Votes
98
37.69%

Summary

Steel Connect beats TTEC on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STCN vs. The Competition

MetricSteel ConnectBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$78.18M$19.94B$24.25B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.54%2.72%4.20%
P/E Ratio4.0727.94270.7417.16
Price / Sales0.4310.813,157.20115.67
Price / Cash0.8235.3433.6637.88
Price / Book0.515.907.754.78
Net Income$87.98M$525.34M$661.21M$225.60M
7 Day Performance0.97%-0.65%0.71%-1.21%
1 Month Performance25.00%-2.17%6.74%3.09%
1 Year Performance33.83%18.44%22.24%16.48%

Steel Connect Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STCN
Steel Connect
1.2575 of 5 stars
$12.50
+1.3%
N/A+28.9%$78.18M$183.26M4.071,261
TTEC
TTEC
3.125 of 5 stars
$5.03
-3.3%
$11.90
+136.6%
-78.8%$240.08M$2.46B-0.7260,000News Coverage
V
Visa
4.5821 of 5 stars
$316.54
+0.6%
$324.74
+2.6%
+23.6%$589.68B$35.93B32.5831,600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MA
Mastercard
4.4217 of 5 stars
$530.78
+0.3%
$559.28
+5.4%
+25.9%$487.17B$27.23B40.0233,400Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.6445 of 5 stars
$296.36
-0.1%
$289.91
-2.2%
+26.6%$120.75B$19.20B31.6764,000Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.5835 of 5 stars
$203.21
-0.7%
$217.50
+7.0%
+55.2%$115.61B$383.42M39.3642,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
PAYX
Paychex
4.1205 of 5 stars
$141.13
+0.1%
$131.62
-6.7%
+9.1%$50.79B$5.28B30.0616,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.9455 of 5 stars
$83.17
-1.1%
$91.50
+10.0%
+38.3%$44.77B$9.82B33.5160,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.9573 of 5 stars
$114.18
0.0%
$137.41
+20.3%
-10.0%$29.06B$9.65B21.5127,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.7041 of 5 stars
$232.08
-0.6%
$226.71
-2.3%
+15.1%$27.13B$6.51B40.4014,600
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.4607 of 5 stars
$178.49
-0.7%
$189.00
+5.9%
+8.5%$13.02B$2.25B33.117,170Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:STCN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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