BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) vs. MTN Group (OTCMKTS:MTNOY) Head-To-Head Review

MTN Group (OTCMKTS:MTNOY) and BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MTN Group and BB Seguridade Participações”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MTN Group	$12.00 billion	0.79	$221.79 million	N/A	N/A
BB Seguridade Participações	$1.81 billion	6.70	$1.59 billion	$0.84	7.23

BB Seguridade Participações has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MTN Group.

Volatility and Risk

MTN Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BB Seguridade Participações has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BB Seguridade Participações shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares MTN Group and BB Seguridade Participações’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTN Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
BB Seguridade Participações	84.97%	77.88%	45.13%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for MTN Group and BB Seguridade Participações, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MTN Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
BB Seguridade Participações	0	0	0	1	4.00

Dividends

MTN Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BB Seguridade Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. BB Seguridade Participações pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

BB Seguridade Participações beats MTN Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MTN Group

MTN Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile telecommunications services in South Africa, Nigeria, East Africa, West and Central Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. The company offers data, voice and SMS, digital and fintech, interconnect, and roaming services, as well as sells mobile devices. It also provides network as a service, including subsea cables that offers international connectivity services; terrestrial and metro fiber networks; data centers and cable landing stations; and FTTx, towers, and radio access networks. The company also offers digital financial services, such as access payments, e-commerce, insurance, and lending and remittance services; enterprise services comprising manage networks, unified and cloud communication, security as a service, and Internet of Things; and API products and services for telecommunications, health, government, financial services, entertainment, and other sectors. MTN Group Limited was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

About BB Seguridade Participações

BB Seguridade Participações S.A., through its subsidiaries operates in the insurance, pension plans, and bonds, businesses in Brazil. The company operates through Security and Brokerage segments. The Security segment offers life, property, rural, special risks and financial, transport, hulls, and housing people insurance products. It also offers pension plans, dental, and capitalization plans. The Brokerage segment engages in the brokerage, management, and promotion of pension plans, capitalization, capitalization, and dental plans. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brasilia, Brazil. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Banco do Brasil S.A.