LIB vs. EQT, SNT, XSG, CMH, PEG, AUK, LIFS, MPL, CEPS, and NEXS
Should you be buying Libertine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Libertine include EQTEC (EQT), Sabien Technology Group (SNT), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Chamberlin (CMH), Petards Group (PEG), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), LifeSafe (LIFS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Ceps (CEPS), and Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Libertine (LON:LIB) and EQTEC (LON:EQT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Libertine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EQTEC. Libertine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Libertine has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQTEC has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EQTEC had 3 more articles in the media than Libertine. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EQTEC and 0 mentions for Libertine. EQTEC's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Libertine's score of 0.00 indicating that EQTEC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.5% of Libertine shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of Libertine shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of EQTEC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Libertine has a net margin of 0.00% compared to EQTEC's net margin of -207.80%. EQTEC's return on equity of -26.50% beat Libertine's return on equity.
EQTEC received 71 more outperform votes than Libertine when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
EQTEC beats Libertine on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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