WSG vs. NWT, CSSG, PEG, FA, THRU, LPA, NTBR, TON, HSM, and NEXS
Should you be buying Westminster Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westminster Group include Newmark Security (NWT), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Petards Group (PEG), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Thruvision Group (THRU), LPA Group (LPA), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Westminster Group (LON:WSG) and Newmark Security (LON:NWT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Westminster Group has a net margin of 6.91% compared to Newmark Security's net margin of -0.78%. Westminster Group's return on equity of 7.01% beat Newmark Security's return on equity.
Newmark Security has higher revenue and earnings than Westminster Group.
9.7% of Westminster Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Westminster Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Newmark Security shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Newmark Security had 2 more articles in the media than Westminster Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Newmark Security and 0 mentions for Westminster Group. Newmark Security's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Westminster Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Newmark Security is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Newmark Security received 30 more outperform votes than Westminster Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Newmark Security an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Westminster Group an outperform vote.
Westminster Group has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Security has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Westminster Group beats Newmark Security on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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