4GBL vs. ESYS, ITIM, TERN, ARC, TIDE, PEN, CRDL, SYME, ALT, and BIRD
Should you be buying 4GLOBAL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 4GLOBAL include essensys (ESYS), Itim Group (ITIM), Tern (TERN), Arcontech Group (ARC), Crimson Tide (TIDE), Pennant International Group (PEN), Cordel Group (CRDL), Supply@ME Capital (SYME), Altitude Group (ALT), and Blackbird (BIRD). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
essensys (LON:ESYS) and 4GLOBAL (LON:4GBL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
essensys received 15 more outperform votes than 4GLOBAL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave 4GLOBAL an outperform vote while only 80.95% of users gave essensys an outperform vote.
42.4% of essensys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of 4GLOBAL shares are held by institutional investors. 34.6% of essensys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.4% of 4GLOBAL shares are held 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.
In the previous week, 4GLOBAL's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled essensys'average media sentiment score.
4GLOBAL has lower revenue, but higher earnings than essensys. essensys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4GLOBAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4GLOBAL has a consensus target price of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 114.59%. Given essensys' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 4GLOBAL is more favorable than essensys.
4GLOBAL has a net margin of 12.91% compared to 4GLOBAL's net margin of -62.19%. essensys' return on equity of 24.79% beat 4GLOBAL's return on equity.
essensys has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4GLOBAL has a beta of -0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
4GLOBAL beats essensys on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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