ATG vs. KNOS, PRSM, KAPE, GBG, TRST, LTG, ALFA, IMO, BIG, and NCC
Should you be buying Auction Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auction Technology Group include Kainos Group (KNOS), Blue Prism Group (PRSM), Kape Technologies (KAPE), GB Group (GBG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), IMImobile (IMO), Big Technologies (BIG), and NCC Group (NCC). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and Auction Technology Group (LON:ATG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Kainos Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,198.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.06%. Auction Technology Group has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 39.85%. Given Kainos Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Auction Technology Group is more favorable than Kainos Group.
Kainos Group has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 6.70%. Auction Technology Group's return on equity of 34.05% beat Kainos Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Auction Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kainos Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Kainos Group received 223 more outperform votes than Auction Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.08% of users gave Auction Technology Group an outperform vote while only 72.02% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote.
46.3% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Auction Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Kainos Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Auction Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kainos Group has higher revenue and earnings than Auction Technology Group. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auction Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kainos Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auction Technology Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kainos Group beats Auction Technology Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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