KETL vs. SOLI, GHH, TTG, DSCV, SAAS, APTD, SEE, IOM, OMG, and NET
Should you be buying Strix Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strix Group include Solid State (SOLI), Gooch & Housego (GHH), TT Electronics (TTG), discoverIE Group (DSCV), Microlise Group (SAAS), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Seeing Machines (SEE), iomart Group (IOM), Oxford Metrics (OMG), and Netcall (NET). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Strix Group (LON:KETL) and Solid State (LON:SOLI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Strix Group has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solid State has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.8% of Strix Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Solid State shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Strix Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Solid State 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.
Strix Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Solid State. Strix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solid State, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Solid State had 7 more articles in the media than Strix Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Solid State and 0 mentions for Strix Group. Solid State's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Strix Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Solid State is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Strix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Solid State pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Strix Group pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Solid State pays out 3,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Solid State received 71 more outperform votes than Strix Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.79% of users gave Strix Group an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Solid State an outperform vote.
Strix Group has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Solid State's net margin of 5.06%. Strix Group's return on equity of 40.26% beat Solid State's return on equity.
Strix Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 15.34%. Given Strix Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strix Group is more favorable than Solid State.
Summary
Strix Group beats Solid State on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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