NETW vs. BYIT, SPT, BOKU, DARK, OXIG, CCC, KNOS, RSW, SCT, and AWE
Should you be buying Network International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Network International include Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Spirent Communications (SPT), Boku (BOKU), Darktrace (DARK), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Computacenter (CCC), Kainos Group (KNOS), Renishaw (RSW), Softcat (SCT), and Alphawave IP Group (AWE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) and Network International (LON:NETW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Bytes Technology Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Bytes Technology Group's net margin of 13.40%. Network International's return on equity of 83.16% beat Bytes Technology Group's return on equity.
Bytes Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Network International pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Bytes Technology Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Network International pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Network International has higher revenue and earnings than Bytes Technology Group. Bytes Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Network International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bytes Technology Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Network International has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.3% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Network International shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Network International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Network International received 58 more outperform votes than Bytes Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 94.74% of users gave Network International an outperform vote while only 93.33% of users gave Bytes Technology Group an outperform vote.
Bytes Technology Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 642.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.51%. Given Network International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bytes Technology Group is more favorable than Network International.
In the previous week, Network International had 3 more articles in the media than Bytes Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Network International and 0 mentions for Bytes Technology Group. Bytes Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Network International's score of 0.00 indicating that Network International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Network International beats Bytes Technology Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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