DEVO vs. FDEV, TM17, PEBB, STVG, CCP, SNWS, SYS1, CAU, EBQ, and EMAN
Should you be buying Devolver Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Devolver Digital include Frontier Developments (FDEV), Team17 Group (TM17), The Pebble Group (PEBB), STV Group (STVG), Celtic (CCP), Smiths News (SNWS), System1 Group (SYS1), Centaur Media (CAU), Ebiquity (EBQ), and Everyman Media Group (EMAN). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Devolver Digital (LON:DEVO) and Frontier Developments (LON:FDEV) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Frontier Developments had 3 more articles in the media than Devolver Digital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Frontier Developments and 4 mentions for Devolver Digital. Frontier Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Devolver Digital's score of -0.32 indicating that Frontier Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Devolver Digital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 31, indicating a potential upside of 34.78%. Frontier Developments has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential downside of 37.82%. Given Devolver Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Devolver Digital is more favorable than Frontier Developments.
16.8% of Devolver Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Frontier Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Devolver Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Frontier Developments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Devolver Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frontier Developments. Devolver Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontier Developments received 326 more outperform votes than Devolver Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.74% of users gave Frontier Developments an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Devolver Digital an outperform vote.
Devolver Digital has a net margin of -13.80% compared to Frontier Developments' net margin of -63.83%. Devolver Digital's return on equity of -7.70% beat Frontier Developments' return on equity.
Devolver Digital has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Developments has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Frontier Developments beats Devolver Digital on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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