JDG vs. QTX, SDI, SRT, KMK, RMS, ONDO, TRAK, OTAQ, NNN, and MSYS
Should you be buying Judges Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Judges Scientific include Quartix Technologies (QTX), SDI Group (SDI), SRT Marine Systems (SRT), Kromek Group (KMK), Remote Monitored Systems (RMS), Ondo InsurTech (ONDO), Trakm8 (TRAK), OTAQ (OTAQ), nanosynth group (NNN), and Microsaic Systems (MSYS). These companies are all part of the "scientific & technical instruments" industry.
Quartix Technologies (LON:QTX) and Judges Scientific (LON:JDG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Quartix Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Judges Scientific pays an annual dividend of GBX 95 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Quartix Technologies pays out -15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Quartix Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quartix Technologies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Judges Scientific has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Judges Scientific has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Judges Scientific's net margin of -3.04%. Quartix Technologies' return on equity of 14.44% beat Judges Scientific's return on equity.
Judges Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Quartix Technologies. Quartix Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Judges Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Judges Scientific had 6 more articles in the media than Quartix Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Judges Scientific and 0 mentions for Quartix Technologies. Quartix Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Judges Scientific's score of 0.00 indicating that Judges Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Judges Scientific received 3 more outperform votes than Quartix Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.19% of users gave Quartix Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Judges Scientific an outperform vote.
36.7% of Quartix Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Judges Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of Quartix Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Judges Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Judges Scientific beats Quartix Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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