EQT vs. SNT, CMH, LIB, XSG, SLNG, PHSC, CEPS, IGE, PEG, and LIFS
Should you be buying EQTEC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQTEC include Sabien Technology Group (SNT), Chamberlin (CMH), Libertine (LIB), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), H C Slingsby (SLNG), PHSC (PHSC), Ceps (CEPS), Image Scan (IGE), Petards Group (PEG), and LifeSafe (LIFS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
EQTEC (LON:EQT) and Sabien Technology Group (LON:SNT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
7.7% of Sabien Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of EQTEC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of Sabien Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sabien Technology Group has a net margin of -51.75% compared to EQTEC's net margin of -207.80%. EQTEC's return on equity of -26.50% beat Sabien Technology Group's return on equity.
Sabien Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EQTEC. Sabien Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EQTEC had 3 more articles in the media than Sabien Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EQTEC and 0 mentions for Sabien Technology Group. Sabien Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat EQTEC's score of -0.42 indicating that Sabien Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sabien Technology Group received 86 more outperform votes than EQTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave Sabien Technology Group an outperform vote while only 66.98% of users gave EQTEC an outperform vote.
EQTEC has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabien Technology Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EQTEC and Sabien Technology Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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