ATG vs. LTG, ALFA, CER, GBG, BIG, NCC, TRST, PBEE, IDOX, and DOTD
Should you be buying Auction Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auction Technology Group include Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Cerillion (CER), GB Group (GBG), Big Technologies (BIG), NCC Group (NCC), Trustpilot Group (TRST), PensionBee Group (PBEE), IDOX (IDOX), and dotdigital Group (DOTD). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Learning Technologies Group (LON:LTG) and Auction Technology Group (LON:ATG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Learning Technologies Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auction Technology Group has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Auction Technology Group has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Auction Technology Group's net margin of 5.24%. Auction Technology Group's return on equity of 7.64% beat Learning Technologies Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Learning Technologies Group had 1 more articles in the media than Auction Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Learning Technologies Group and 1 mentions for Auction Technology Group. Learning Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Auction Technology Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Auction Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Learning Technologies Group has higher revenue and earnings than Auction Technology Group. Learning Technologies Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auction Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Learning Technologies Group received 245 more outperform votes than Auction Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.85% of users gave Learning Technologies Group an outperform vote while only 72.00% of users gave Auction Technology Group an outperform vote.
58.4% of Learning Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Auction Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Learning Technologies Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Auction Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Learning Technologies Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 107.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.53%. Auction Technology Group has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 45.71%. Given Learning Technologies Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Auction Technology Group is more favorable than Learning Technologies Group.
Summary
Learning Technologies Group beats Auction Technology Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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