SPEC vs. BVC, TSTL, POLB, CEL, EAH, REDX, DXRX, AGL, ETX, and VLG
Should you be buying INSPECS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INSPECS Group include BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Tristel (TSTL), Poolbeg Pharma (POLB), Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL), ECO Animal Health Group (EAH), Redx Pharma (REDX), Diaceutics (DXRX), ANGLE (AGL), e-therapeutics (ETX), and Venture Life Group (VLG). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
INSPECS Group (LON:SPEC) and BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
INSPECS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. INSPECS Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, BATM Advanced Communications had 1 more articles in the media than INSPECS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BATM Advanced Communications and 0 mentions for INSPECS Group. BATM Advanced Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat INSPECS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BATM Advanced Communications has a net margin of -0.16% compared to INSPECS Group's net margin of -0.49%. BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity of -0.17% beat INSPECS Group's return on equity.
BATM Advanced Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INSPECS Group.
INSPECS Group has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.0% of INSPECS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of INSPECS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BATM Advanced Communications received 185 more outperform votes than INSPECS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave INSPECS Group an outperform vote while only 49.48% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
BATM Advanced Communications beats INSPECS Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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