Invinity Energy Systems (IES) Competitors

Invinity Energy Systems (LON:IES) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is IES or DFS more profitable?

DFS Furniture has a net margin of -0.45% compared to Invinity Energy Systems' net margin of -237.38%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of -1.90% beat Invinity Energy Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invinity Energy Systems	-237.38%	-37.72%	-18.76%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, IES or DFS?

Invinity Energy Systems has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of IES or DFS?

28.3% of Invinity Energy Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Invinity Energy Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate IES or DFS?

Invinity Energy Systems presently has a consensus target price of GBX 40, suggesting a potential upside of 89.57%. DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 64.11%. Given Invinity Energy Systems' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Invinity Energy Systems is more favorable than DFS Furniture.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invinity Energy Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IES or DFS?

DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Invinity Energy Systems. Invinity Energy Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, 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
Invinity Energy Systems	£5.02M	18.54	-£37.71M	-£0.07	-314.93
DFS Furniture	£986.50M	0.33	-£4.30M	£0.03	4,732.67

Does the media refer more to IES or DFS?

In the previous week, Invinity Energy Systems had 6 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Invinity Energy Systems and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. Invinity Energy Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.34 indicating that Invinity Energy Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invinity Energy Systems	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DFS Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

DFS Furniture beats Invinity Energy Systems on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.