IDOX vs. KNOS, LTG, ALFA, GBG, FBT, ATG, IMO, CER, NCC, and IQG
Should you be buying IDOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDOX include Kainos Group (KNOS), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), GB Group (GBG), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), Auction Technology Group (ATG), IMImobile (IMO), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), and IQGeo Group (IQG). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
IDOX vs. Its Competitors
IDOX (LON:IDOX) and Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
79.1% of IDOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of IDOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
IDOX pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kainos Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
IDOX has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IDOX and IDOX both had 2 articles in the media. Kainos Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat IDOX's score of 0.20 indicating that Kainos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IDOX presently has a consensus price target of GBX 85.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.89%. Kainos Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,078.33, indicating a potential upside of 48.53%. Given Kainos Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than IDOX.
Summary
Kainos Group beats IDOX on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:IDOX) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff