AIREA (AIEA) Competitors

HeiQ (LON:HEIQ) and AIREA (LON:AIEA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HEIQ or AIEA?

11.4% of HeiQ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of AIREA shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.1% of HeiQ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.1% of AIREA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HEIQ or AIEA?

AIREA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HeiQ.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HeiQ	£41.75M	0.00	-£13.58M	-£0.07	N/A
AIREA	£20.55M	0.45	£1.17M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer HEIQ or AIEA?

In the previous week, HeiQ's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AIREA'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HeiQ	Neutral
AIREA	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, HEIQ or AIEA?

HeiQ has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AIREA has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HEIQ or AIEA more profitable?

AIREA has a net margin of 0.31% compared to HeiQ's net margin of -32.54%. AIREA's return on equity of 0.39% beat HeiQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HeiQ	-32.54%	-40.04%	-11.57%
AIREA	0.31%	0.39%	1.99%

Summary

AIREA beats HeiQ on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.