SGRP vs. XBP, PALT, SWVL, XELA, KRKR, SCOR, VCIG, USIO, JZ, and SKIL
Should you be buying SPAR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPAR Group include XBP Europe (XBP), Paltalk (PALT), Swvl (SWVL), Exela Technologies (XELA), 36Kr (KRKR), comScore (SCOR), VCI Global (VCIG), Usio (USIO), Jianzhi Education Technology Group (JZ), and Skillsoft (SKIL). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) and XBP Europe (NASDAQ:XBP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
SPAR Group has higher revenue and earnings than XBP Europe.
SPAR Group has a net margin of 1.48% compared to XBP Europe's net margin of 0.00%. SPAR Group's return on equity of 12.89% beat XBP Europe's return on equity.
9.6% of SPAR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.7% of XBP Europe shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.7% of SPAR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 82.5% of XBP Europe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SPAR Group received 129 more outperform votes than XBP Europe when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, XBP Europe had 2 more articles in the media than SPAR Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for XBP Europe and 1 mentions for SPAR Group. XBP Europe's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat SPAR Group's score of -1.00 indicating that XBP Europe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SPAR Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XBP Europe has a beta of -0.65, suggesting that its share price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SPAR Group beats XBP Europe on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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