Image Scan (IGE) Competitors

Newmark Security (LON:NWT) and Image Scan (LON:IGE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, NWT or IGE?

Newmark Security has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Image Scan has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NWT or IGE?

Newmark Security has higher revenue and earnings than Image Scan. Image Scan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Security, 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
Newmark Security	£22.28M	0.30	£134.00K	£1.43	50.65
Image Scan	£2.65M	0.77	-£11.44K	-£0.01	-178.30

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NWT or IGE?

Image Scan received 45 more outperform votes than Newmark Security when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.30% of users gave Image Scan an outperform vote while only 68.35% of users gave Newmark Security an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmark Security	Outperform Votes 95 68.35%	Underperform Votes 44 31.65%
Image Scan	Outperform Votes 140 73.30%	Underperform Votes 51 26.70%

Does the media favor NWT or IGE?

In the previous week, Image Scan had 2 more articles in the media than Newmark Security. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Image Scan and 0 mentions for Newmark Security. Newmark Security's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Image Scan's score of -0.57 indicating that Newmark Security is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Newmark Security	Neutral
Image Scan	Negative

Is NWT or IGE more profitable?

Newmark Security has a net margin of 0.60% compared to Image Scan's net margin of -0.43%. Newmark Security's return on equity of 1.67% beat Image Scan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmark Security	0.60%	1.67%	2.75%
Image Scan	-0.43%	-0.71%	-1.19%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NWT or IGE?

10.9% of Image Scan shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.8% of Newmark Security shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 81.6% of Image Scan shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Newmark Security beats Image Scan on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.