SPT vs. BYIT, BOKU, WPS, PAY, NETW, DARK, KNOS, OXIG, TRST, and AWE
Should you be buying Spirent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirent Communications include Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Boku (BOKU), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), PayPoint (PAY), Network International (NETW), Darktrace (DARK), Kainos Group (KNOS), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), and Alphawave IP Group (AWE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) and Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Bytes Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spirent Communications. Bytes Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bytes Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Spirent Communications 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. 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.
Spirent Communications currently has a consensus price target of GBX 229.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. Bytes Technology Group has a consensus price target of GBX 642.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.04%. Given Bytes Technology Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bytes Technology Group is more favorable than Spirent Communications.
In the previous week, Spirent Communications had 4 more articles in the media than Bytes Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Spirent Communications and 1 mentions for Bytes Technology Group. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Bytes Technology Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bytes Technology Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Spirent Communications' net margin of 5.31%. Bytes Technology Group's return on equity of 83.16% beat Spirent Communications' return on equity.
122.1% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Spirent Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bytes Technology Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Spirent Communications received 580 more outperform votes than Bytes Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Bytes Technology Group an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave Spirent Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Bytes Technology Group beats Spirent Communications on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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