IDOX vs. DOTD, ACSO, IQG, PBEE, TRCS, SAAS, NCC, APTD, BIG, and NET
Should you be buying IDOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDOX include dotdigital Group (DOTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), IQGeo Group (IQG), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Tracsis (TRCS), Microlise Group (SAAS), NCC Group (NCC), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Big Technologies (BIG), and Netcall (NET). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
IDOX (LON:IDOX) and dotdigital Group (LON:DOTD) 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 dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
IDOX pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. dotdigital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IDOX 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. dotdigital Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
77.5% of IDOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of dotdigital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of IDOX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of dotdigital 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.
dotdigital Group has a net margin of 16.39% compared to IDOX's net margin of 7.62%. dotdigital Group's return on equity of 14.38% beat IDOX's return on equity.
IDOX currently has a consensus target price of GBX 80, suggesting a potential upside of 21.58%. dotdigital Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 43.49%. Given dotdigital Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe dotdigital Group is more favorable than IDOX.
IDOX has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dotdigital Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
dotdigital Group received 50 more outperform votes than IDOX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.25% of users gave dotdigital Group an outperform vote while only 49.14% of users gave IDOX an outperform vote.
dotdigital Group has higher revenue and earnings than IDOX. dotdigital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, IDOX had 1 more articles in the media than dotdigital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IDOX and 0 mentions for dotdigital Group. IDOX's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat dotdigital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IDOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
dotdigital Group beats IDOX on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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