Concurrent Technologies (CNC) Competitors

Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Xaar (LON:XAR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.

Is CNC or XAR more profitable?

Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Xaar's net margin of -3.08%. Concurrent Technologies' return on equity of 6.43% beat Xaar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concurrent Technologies	6.80%	6.43%	1.82%
Xaar	-3.08%	-3.03%	-1.22%

Does the media refer more to CNC or XAR?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Xaar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies	Neutral
Xaar	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, CNC or XAR?

Concurrent Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xaar. Xaar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Concurrent Technologies	£22.99M	3.35	£1.56M	£0.02	4,500.00
Xaar	£70.61M	1.27	-£2.17M	-£0.03	-3,766.67

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CNC or XAR?

28.3% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Xaar shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Xaar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CNC or XAR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concurrent Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Xaar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, CNC or XAR?

Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xaar has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNC or XAR a better dividend stock?

Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Xaar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Xaar pays out -26,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xaar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNC or XAR?

Xaar received 221 more outperform votes than Concurrent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave Xaar an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concurrent Technologies	Outperform Votes 51 56.67%	Underperform Votes 39 43.33%
Xaar	Outperform Votes 272 59.52%	Underperform Votes 185 40.48%

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Xaar on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.