FDM vs. FDP, RCN, KCT, ECK, NCC, CER, BIG, MIDW, PAY, and ALFA
Should you be buying FDM Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FDM Group include FD Technologies (FDP), Redcentric (RCN), Kin and Carta (KCT), Eckoh (ECK), NCC Group (NCC), Cerillion (CER), Big Technologies (BIG), Midwich Group (MIDW), PayPoint (PAY), and Alfa Financial Software (ALFA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
FD Technologies (LON:FDP) and FDM Group (LON:FDM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
86.5% of FD Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of FDM Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.3% of FD Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of FDM Group shares are held 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.
FDM Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to FDM Group's net margin of -3.80%. FD Technologies' return on equity of 51.00% beat FDM Group's return on equity.
FD Technologies currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,331, indicating a potential upside of 77.84%. FDM Group has a consensus price target of GBX 840, indicating a potential upside of 102.32%. Given FD Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FDM Group is more favorable than FD Technologies.
FD Technologies received 85 more outperform votes than FDM Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.11% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 70.57% of users gave FDM Group an outperform vote.
FD Technologies has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FDM Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FDM Group has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FDM Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FDM Group had 4 more articles in the media than FD Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FDM Group and 0 mentions for FD Technologies. FD Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat FDM Group's score of 0.00 indicating that FDM Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. FDM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. FD Technologies pays out -7,179.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FDM Group pays out 9,729.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
FDM Group beats FD Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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