Y vs. FORA, BRAG, EAGR, WILD, TGO, CGO, GVC, EGLX, CGX, and CCA
Should you be buying Yellow Pages stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yellow Pages include VerticalScope (FORA), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), East Side Games Group (EAGR), WildBrain (WILD), TeraGo (TGO), Cogeco (CGO), Glacier Media (GVC), Enthusiast Gaming (EGLX), Cineplex (CGX), and Cogeco Communications (CCA). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and VerticalScope (TSE:FORA) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Yellow Pages received 126 more outperform votes than VerticalScope when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.58% of users gave Yellow Pages an outperform vote while only 48.94% of users gave VerticalScope an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 4 more articles in the media than VerticalScope. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Yellow Pages and 11 mentions for VerticalScope. VerticalScope's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Yellow Pages' score of 0.05 indicating that VerticalScope is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yellow Pages has higher revenue and earnings than VerticalScope. VerticalScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yellow Pages, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yellow Pages presently has a consensus target price of C$12.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.35%. VerticalScope has a consensus target price of C$12.37, indicating a potential upside of 44.30%. Given VerticalScope's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VerticalScope is more favorable than Yellow Pages.
Yellow Pages has a net margin of 19.80% compared to VerticalScope's net margin of -8.13%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 87.75% beat VerticalScope's return on equity.
84.7% of Yellow Pages shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.0% of VerticalScope shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of VerticalScope shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VerticalScope has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Yellow Pages beats VerticalScope on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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