IQE vs. TRCS, IQG, VID, ACSO, DOTD, IDOX, FNX, TTG, RCN, and KCT
Should you be buying IQE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQE include Tracsis (TRCS), IQGeo Group (IQG), Videndum (VID), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IDOX (IDOX), Fonix Mobile (FNX), TT Electronics (TTG), Redcentric (RCN), and Kin and Carta (KCT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IQE (LON:IQE) and Tracsis (LON:TRCS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
IQE received 340 more outperform votes than Tracsis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.96% of users gave IQE an outperform vote while only 72.73% of users gave Tracsis an outperform vote.
IQE presently has a consensus price target of GBX 55, indicating a potential upside of 70.28%. Tracsis has a consensus price target of GBX 1,295, indicating a potential upside of 41.07%. Given IQE's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IQE is more favorable than Tracsis.
Tracsis has a net margin of 5.89% compared to IQE's net margin of -25.50%. Tracsis' return on equity of 7.13% beat IQE's return on equity.
75.4% of IQE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Tracsis shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of IQE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Tracsis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tracsis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IQE. IQE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tracsis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IQE has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tracsis has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IQE and IQE both had 3 articles in the media. Tracsis' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat IQE's score of 0.02 indicating that Tracsis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tracsis beats IQE on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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