TSTL vs. BVC, AMS, OXB, BVXP, APH, HVO, BXP, AVCT, NIOX, and 4BB
Should you be buying Tristel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tristel include BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Bioventix (BVXP), Alliance Pharma (APH), hVIVO (HVO), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), Avacta Group (AVCT), NIOX Group (NIOX), and 4basebio (4BB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Tristel (LON:TSTL) and BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Tristel pays out 10,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BATM Advanced Communications received 42 more outperform votes than Tristel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote while only 49.48% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.
50.2% of Tristel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Tristel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by company 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.
Tristel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BATM Advanced Communications.
Tristel currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential downside of 15.68%. Given Tristel's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tristel is more favorable than BATM Advanced Communications.
In the previous week, BATM Advanced Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Tristel's score of 0.00 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tristel has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tristel has a net margin of 15.29% compared to BATM Advanced Communications' net margin of -0.16%. Tristel's return on equity of 20.35% beat BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity.
Summary
Tristel beats BATM Advanced Communications on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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