GHT vs. OMG, EYE, NET, TRB, SPSY, APTD, SAAS, CLBS, ELCO, and AOM
Should you be buying Gresham Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gresham Technologies include Oxford Metrics (OMG), Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE), Netcall (NET), Tribal Group (TRB), Spectra Systems (SPSY), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Microlise Group (SAAS), Celebrus Technologies (CLBS), Eleco (ELCO), and ActiveOps (AOM). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Gresham Technologies (LON:GHT) and Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Oxford Metrics has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Gresham Technologies' net margin of 4.95%. Oxford Metrics' return on equity of 7.09% beat Gresham Technologies' return on equity.
Gresham Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Oxford Metrics pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gresham Technologies pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Metrics pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Oxford Metrics received 48 more outperform votes than Gresham Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.86% of users gave Oxford Metrics an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Gresham Technologies an outperform vote.
Oxford Metrics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gresham Technologies. Oxford Metrics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gresham Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Oxford Metrics had 2 more articles in the media than Gresham Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Oxford Metrics and 1 mentions for Gresham Technologies. Oxford Metrics' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Gresham Technologies' score of -0.95 indicating that Oxford Metrics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gresham Technologies has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Metrics has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Metrics has a consensus price target of GBX 148.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.34%. Given Oxford Metrics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Metrics is more favorable than Gresham Technologies.
70.8% of Gresham Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Oxford Metrics shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Gresham Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Oxford Metrics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Oxford Metrics beats Gresham Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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