Filtronic (FTC) Competitors

The Vitec Group (LON:VTC) and Filtronic (LON:FTC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VTC or FTC?

31.1% of Filtronic shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.2% of Filtronic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VTC or FTC?

Filtronic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Vitec Group. The Vitec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Filtronic, 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
The Vitec Group	£394.30M	0.00	N/A	£54.50	N/A
Filtronic	£25.43M	12.28	£3.14M	£1.46	98.60

Is VTC or FTC more profitable?

Filtronic has a net margin of 12.35% compared to The Vitec Group's net margin of 0.00%. Filtronic's return on equity of 24.34% beat The Vitec Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Vitec Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Filtronic	12.35%	24.34%	10.41%

Does the media refer more to VTC or FTC?

In the previous week, Filtronic had 1 more articles in the media than The Vitec Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Filtronic and 0 mentions for The Vitec Group. The Vitec Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Filtronic's score of -0.02 indicating that The Vitec Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Vitec Group	Neutral
Filtronic	Neutral

Summary

Filtronic beats The Vitec Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.