KETL vs. SOLI, GHH, TTG, NET, IOM, EYE, OMG, GHT, APTD, and BKS
Should you be buying Strix Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strix Group include Solid State (SOLI), Gooch & Housego (GHH), TT Electronics (TTG), Netcall (NET), iomart Group (IOM), Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), and Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Strix Group (LON:KETL) and Solid State (LON:SOLI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Strix Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solid State has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Strix Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Solid State. Strix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solid State, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Strix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Solid State pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Strix Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Solid State pays out 3,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Solid State had 5 more articles in the media than Strix Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Solid State and 4 mentions for Strix Group. Strix Group's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Solid State's score of 0.27 indicating that Strix Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Strix Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 38.70%. Given Strix Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Strix Group is more favorable than Solid State.
Strix Group has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Solid State's net margin of 5.06%. Strix Group's return on equity of 40.54% beat Solid State's return on equity.
Solid State received 71 more outperform votes than Strix Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.79% of users gave Strix Group an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Solid State an outperform vote.
75.2% of Strix Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Solid State shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Strix Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Solid State shares are held 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
Strix Group beats Solid State on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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