SAAS vs. APTD, NET, OMG, EYE, GHT, TRCS, IQG, TRB, ACSO, and SPSY
Should you be buying Microlise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microlise Group include Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Netcall (NET), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Tracsis (TRCS), IQGeo Group (IQG), Tribal Group (TRB), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), and Spectra Systems (SPSY). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Microlise Group (LON:SAAS) and Aptitude Software Group (LON:APTD) 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 institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Aptitude Software Group received 17 more outperform votes than Microlise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Microlise Group an outperform vote while only 85.19% of users gave Aptitude Software Group an outperform vote.
Microlise Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 34.62%. Aptitude Software Group has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 76.71%. Given Aptitude Software Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aptitude Software Group is more favorable than Microlise Group.
Microlise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Aptitude Software Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Microlise Group pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aptitude Software Group pays out 7,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aptitude Software Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Aptitude Software Group has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Microlise Group's net margin of 2.20%. Aptitude Software Group's return on equity of 6.83% beat Microlise Group's return on equity.
Microlise Group has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptitude Software Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Microlise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aptitude Software Group'saverage media sentiment score.
36.1% of Microlise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Aptitude Software Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.9% of Microlise Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Aptitude Software Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Aptitude Software Group has higher revenue and earnings than Microlise Group. Aptitude Software Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microlise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aptitude Software Group beats Microlise Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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