AIREA (AIEA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 54.1% of AIREA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Does the media favor HEIQ or AIEA?

In the previous week, HeiQ had 1 more articles in the media than AIREA. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HeiQ and 0 mentions for AIREA. HeiQ's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AIREA'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HeiQ	Neutral
AIREA	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.47	£1.17M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, HEIQ or AIEA?

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

Summary

AIREA beats HeiQ on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.