FDM vs. FDP, RCN, KCT, IBPO, ECK, NASA, SSY, TRD, KBT, and TPX
Should you be buying FDM Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FDM Group include FD Technologies (FDP), Redcentric (RCN), Kin and Carta (KCT), iEnergizer (IBPO), Eckoh (ECK), Nasstar (NASA), Scisys Group (SSY), Triad Group (TRD), K3 Business Technology Group (KBT), and TPXimpact (TPX). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
FDM Group (LON:FDM) and FD Technologies (LON:FDP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
FDM Group has higher revenue and earnings than FD Technologies. FD Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FDM Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FD Technologies received 87 more outperform votes than FDM Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.22% of users gave FD Technologies an outperform vote while only 70.57% of users gave FDM Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FD Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than FDM Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FD Technologies and 1 mentions for FDM Group. FDM Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat FD Technologies' score of 0.24 indicating that FDM Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.1% of FDM Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of FD Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of FDM Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of FD Technologies 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.
FDM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. FD Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. FDM Group pays out 9,729.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FD Technologies pays out -7,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
FDM Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to FD Technologies' net margin of -3.80%. FDM Group's return on equity of 51.00% beat FD Technologies' return on equity.
FDM Group has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FD Technologies has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FDM Group beats FD Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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