SGU vs. NAAS, OSPN, BBAI, SRI, ZH, AVNW, NVEC, NTGR, MEI, and BLZE
Should you be buying Star Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Group include NaaS Technology (NAAS), OneSpan (OSPN), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Stoneridge (SRI), Zhihu (ZH), Aviat Networks (AVNW), NVE (NVEC), NETGEAR (NTGR), Methode Electronics (MEI), and Backblaze (BLZE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Star Group (NYSE:SGU) and NaaS Technology (NASDAQ:NAAS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Star Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NaaS Technology has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Group has higher revenue and earnings than NaaS Technology. NaaS Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Star Group has a net margin of 1.72% compared to NaaS Technology's net margin of -409.83%. Star Group's return on equity of 11.07% beat NaaS Technology's return on equity.
Star Group received 127 more outperform votes than NaaS Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NaaS Technology an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Star Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NaaS Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Star Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NaaS Technology and 4 mentions for Star Group. NaaS Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Star Group's score of -0.58 indicating that NaaS Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
40.4% of Star Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of NaaS Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Star Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of NaaS Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NaaS Technology has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 383.35%. Given NaaS Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NaaS Technology is more favorable than Star Group.
Summary
Star Group beats NaaS Technology on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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