Sangoma Technologies (STC) Competitors

Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) and Sangoma Technologies (TSE:STC) are both small-cap basic materials 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ALS or STC?

Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sangoma Technologies has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALS or STC?

Altius Minerals received 117 more outperform votes than Sangoma Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Sangoma Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.76% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Altius Minerals	Outperform Votes 257 60.76%	Underperform Votes 166 39.24%
Sangoma Technologies	Outperform Votes 140 64.52%	Underperform Votes 77 35.48%

Do analysts prefer ALS or STC?

Altius Minerals presently has a consensus price target of C$29.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Sangoma Technologies has a consensus price target of C$10.83, indicating a potential downside of 2.49%. Given Altius Minerals' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than Sangoma Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altius Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sangoma Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, ALS or STC?

Altius Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sangoma Technologies. Sangoma Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, 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
Altius Minerals	C$62.38M	21.43	C$14.56M	C$0.31	92.77
Sangoma Technologies	C$247.28M	1.51	-C$8.66M	-C$0.36	-30.86

Is ALS or STC more profitable?

Altius Minerals has a net margin of 23.34% compared to Sangoma Technologies' net margin of -3.50%. Altius Minerals' return on equity of 2.32% beat Sangoma Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altius Minerals	23.34%	2.32%	2.60%
Sangoma Technologies	-3.50%	-3.29%	-0.16%

Does the media favor ALS or STC?

In the previous week, Altius Minerals and Altius Minerals both had 1 articles in the media. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Sangoma Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Altius Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sangoma Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ALS or STC?

24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Sangoma Technologies 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.

Summary

Altius Minerals beats Sangoma Technologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.