Filtronic (FTC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & 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	£56.32M	5.23	£3.14M	£0.06	2,223.14

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%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VTC or FTC?

1.2% of Filtronic shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Filtronic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VTC or FTC?

In the previous week, Filtronic had 3 more articles in the media than The Vitec Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Filtronic and 0 mentions for The Vitec Group. Filtronic's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat The Vitec Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Filtronic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Vitec Group	Neutral
Filtronic	Positive

Summary

Filtronic beats The Vitec Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.