ECK vs. TRD, KBT, KCT, RCN, FDP, FDM, GHT, BKS, TRB, and FTC
Should you be buying Eckoh stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eckoh include Triad Group (TRD), K3 Business Technology Group (KBT), Kin and Carta (KCT), Redcentric (RCN), FD Technologies (FDP), FDM Group (FDM), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS), Tribal Group (TRB), and Filtronic (FTC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Eckoh (LON:ECK) and Triad Group (LON:TRD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Eckoh pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Triad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Eckoh pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Triad Group pays out -15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Eckoh received 89 more outperform votes than Triad Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Eckoh an outperform vote while only 65.10% of users gave Triad Group an outperform vote.
Eckoh has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triad Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eckoh has higher revenue and earnings than Triad Group. Triad Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eckoh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.3% of Eckoh shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Triad Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Eckoh shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 81.8% of Triad Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Triad Group had 1 more articles in the media than Eckoh. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Triad Group and 1 mentions for Eckoh. Eckoh's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Triad Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Eckoh has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Triad Group's net margin of -4.47%. Eckoh's return on equity of 8.56% beat Triad Group's return on equity.
Summary
Eckoh beats Triad Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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