4GBL vs. ITIM, ARC, ESYS, PEN, TIDE, EXR, SYME, CRDL, TERN, and MBT
Should you be buying 4GLOBAL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 4GLOBAL include Itim Group (ITIM), Arcontech Group (ARC), essensys (ESYS), Pennant International Group (PEN), Crimson Tide (TIDE), ENGAGE XR (EXR), Supply@ME Capital (SYME), Cordel Group (CRDL), Tern (TERN), and Mobile Tornado Group (MBT). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
4GLOBAL (LON:4GBL) and Itim Group (LON:ITIM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
4GLOBAL received 2 more outperform votes than Itim Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
4GLOBAL has a net margin of 12.91% compared to Itim Group's net margin of -8.53%. 4GLOBAL's return on equity of 24.79% beat Itim Group's return on equity.
4GLOBAL has a beta of -0.51, meaning that its stock price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itim Group has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Itim Group had 1 more articles in the media than 4GLOBAL. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Itim Group and 0 mentions for 4GLOBAL. 4GLOBAL's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Itim Group's score of -0.95 indicating that 4GLOBAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
7.0% of 4GLOBAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Itim Group shares are held by institutional investors. 73.3% of 4GLOBAL shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 80.3% of Itim Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
4GLOBAL currently has a consensus price target of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given 4GLOBAL's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 4GLOBAL is more favorable than Itim Group.
Itim Group has higher revenue and earnings than 4GLOBAL. Itim Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4GLOBAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
4GLOBAL beats Itim Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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