CKT vs. ALT, SMRT, FADL, S247, SKL, CHSS, ING, BIRD, GETB, and TERN
Should you be buying Checkit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Checkit include Altitude Group (ALT), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Fadel Partners (FADL), Smarttech247 Group (S247), Skillcast Group (SKL), World Chess (CHSS), Ingenta (ING), Blackbird (BIRD), GetBusy (GETB), and Tern (TERN). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Checkit (LON:CKT) and Altitude Group (LON:ALT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Altitude Group has higher revenue and earnings than Checkit. Checkit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altitude Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altitude Group received 141 more outperform votes than Checkit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.63% of users gave Altitude Group an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Checkit an outperform vote.
29.2% of Checkit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Altitude Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.0% of Checkit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.7% of Altitude Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Altitude Group has a net margin of 2.23% compared to Checkit's net margin of -37.50%. Altitude Group's return on equity of 5.28% beat Checkit's return on equity.
In the previous week, Altitude Group had 4 more articles in the media than Checkit. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Altitude Group and 0 mentions for Checkit. Altitude Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Checkit's score of 0.00 indicating that Altitude Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Checkit has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altitude Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Altitude Group beats Checkit on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Checkit News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CKT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
