JDG vs. DSCV, GBG, AWE, TRST, ATG, LTG, BOKU, ALFA, WPS, and BIG
Should you be buying Judges Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Judges Scientific include discoverIE Group (DSCV), GB Group (GBG), Alphawave IP Group (AWE), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Auction Technology Group (ATG), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Boku (BOKU), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
discoverIE Group (LON:DSCV) and Judges Scientific (LON:JDG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
discoverIE Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 977.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.76%. Given Judges Scientific's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe discoverIE Group is more favorable than Judges Scientific.
discoverIE Group received 42 more outperform votes than Judges Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.85% of users gave discoverIE Group an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Judges Scientific an outperform vote.
Judges Scientific has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Judges Scientific's net margin of 4.93%. discoverIE Group's return on equity of 14.44% beat Judges Scientific's return on equity.
In the previous week, discoverIE Group had 2 more articles in the media than Judges Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for discoverIE Group and 0 mentions for Judges Scientific. Judges Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat discoverIE Group's score of -0.23 indicating that discoverIE Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.7% of discoverIE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Judges Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of discoverIE Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Judges Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
discoverIE Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Judges Scientific pays an annual dividend of GBX 95 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. discoverIE Group pays out 5,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Judges Scientific pays out 6,597.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. discoverIE Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
discoverIE Group has higher revenue and earnings than Judges Scientific. discoverIE Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Judges Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
discoverIE Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Judges Scientific has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
discoverIE Group beats Judges Scientific on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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