IQE vs. DOTD, TTG, IDOX, PBEE, VID, FDP, TRCS, ACSO, IQG, and FNX
Should you be buying IQE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQE include dotdigital Group (DOTD), TT Electronics (TTG), IDOX (IDOX), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Videndum (VID), FD Technologies (FDP), Tracsis (TRCS), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), IQGeo Group (IQG), and Fonix Mobile (FNX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IQE (LON:IQE) and dotdigital Group (LON:DOTD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
dotdigital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IQE. IQE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than dotdigital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IQE currently has a consensus target price of GBX 55, suggesting a potential upside of 99.80%. dotdigital Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 35.98%. Given IQE's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe IQE is more favorable than dotdigital Group.
dotdigital Group has a net margin of 16.39% compared to IQE's net margin of -65.69%. dotdigital Group's return on equity of 14.38% beat IQE's return on equity.
IQE has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dotdigital Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.3% of IQE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of dotdigital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of IQE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of dotdigital Group shares are held 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.
IQE received 279 more outperform votes than dotdigital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.96% of users gave IQE an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave dotdigital Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IQE had 3 more articles in the media than dotdigital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IQE and 0 mentions for dotdigital Group. IQE's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat dotdigital Group's score of -0.05 indicating that IQE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
IQE beats dotdigital Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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