IDOX (IDOX) Competitors

Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and IDOX (LON:IDOX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is KNOS or IDOX a better dividend stock?

Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. IDOX pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kainos Group pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDOX pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kainos Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, KNOS or IDOX?

Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDOX has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, KNOS or IDOX?

Kainos Group has higher revenue and earnings than IDOX. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDOX, 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
Kainos Group	£383.18M	2.45	£48.81M	£38.16	19.48
IDOX	£81.51M	3.26	£5.56M	£1.21	47.95

Does the media favor KNOS or IDOX?

In the previous week, Kainos Group had 6 more articles in the media than IDOX. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kainos Group and 1 mentions for IDOX. IDOX's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.36 indicating that IDOX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kainos Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IDOX	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNOS or IDOX?

Kainos Group received 80 more outperform votes than IDOX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.07% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 49.72% of users gave IDOX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kainos Group	Outperform Votes 255 73.07%	Underperform Votes 94 26.93%
IDOX	Outperform Votes 175 49.72%	Underperform Votes 177 50.28%

Is KNOS or IDOX more profitable?

Kainos Group has a net margin of 12.74% compared to IDOX's net margin of 6.82%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat IDOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kainos Group	12.74%	33.12%	14.45%
IDOX	6.82%	7.18%	4.20%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KNOS or IDOX?

44.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of IDOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of IDOX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate KNOS or IDOX?

Kainos Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,078.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.03%. IDOX has a consensus price target of GBX 85.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.15%. Given IDOX's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IDOX is more favorable than Kainos Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kainos Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IDOX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Kainos Group beats IDOX on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.