TERN vs. 4GBL, ITIM, ARC, PEN, TIDE, CRDL, SYME, ESYS, MBT, and ING
Should you be buying Tern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tern include 4GLOBAL (4GBL), Itim Group (ITIM), Arcontech Group (ARC), Pennant International Group (PEN), Crimson Tide (TIDE), Cordel Group (CRDL), Supply@ME Capital (SYME), essensys (ESYS), Mobile Tornado Group (MBT), and Ingenta (ING). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Tern (LON:TERN) and 4GLOBAL (LON:4GBL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
4GLOBAL has a consensus price target of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 114.59%. Given 4GLOBAL's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 4GLOBAL is more favorable than Tern.
In the previous week, Tern had 11 more articles in the media than 4GLOBAL. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tern and 0 mentions for 4GLOBAL. Tern's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat 4GLOBAL's score of 0.00 indicating that Tern is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.1% of Tern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of 4GLOBAL shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Tern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.3% of 4GLOBAL shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
4GLOBAL has higher revenue and earnings than Tern. Tern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4GLOBAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4GLOBAL has a net margin of 12.91% compared to Tern's net margin of 0.00%. 4GLOBAL's return on equity of 24.79% beat Tern's return on equity.
Tern has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4GLOBAL has a beta of -0.51, indicating that its share price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tern received 103 more outperform votes than 4GLOBAL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave 4GLOBAL an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Tern an outperform vote.
Summary
4GLOBAL beats Tern on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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