PEG vs. IGE, WSG, NWT, CSSG, FA, LIFS, LIB, CEPS, MPL, and AUK
Should you be buying Petards Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petards Group include Image Scan (IGE), Westminster Group (WSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), LifeSafe (LIFS), Libertine (LIB), Ceps (CEPS), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Image Scan (LON:IGE) and Petards Group (LON:PEG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Image Scan had 3 more articles in the media than Petards Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Image Scan and 0 mentions for Petards Group. Image Scan's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Petards Group's score of -0.05 indicating that Petards Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Image Scan received 11 more outperform votes than Petards Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.30% of users gave Image Scan an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Petards Group an outperform vote.
5.7% of Image Scan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Petards Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 83.8% of Image Scan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.2% of Petards Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Image Scan has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petards Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Petards Group has a net margin of 1.25% compared to Petards Group's net margin of -0.43%. Image Scan's return on equity of 1.55% beat Petards Group's return on equity.
Summary
Petards Group beats Image Scan on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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