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 companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NWT or IGE?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NWT or IGE?

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

Does the media prefer NWT or IGE?

In the previous week, Image Scan had 1 more articles in the media than Newmark Security. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Image Scan and 0 mentions for Newmark Security. Image Scan's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Newmark Security's score of 0.83 indicating that Image Scan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Newmark Security	Positive
Image Scan	Positive

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%

Which has stronger earnings & 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	49.67
Image Scan	£2.65M	0.95	-£11.44K	-£0.01	-219.23

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%

Summary

Newmark Security beats Image Scan on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.