MXCT vs. HRI, RSG, OCN, LOOK, PAY, CSN, TRMR, HUR, ACRL, and TUNG
Should you be buying MaxCyte stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MaxCyte include Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), Chesnara (CSN), Tremor International (TRMR), Hurricane Energy (HUR), Accrol Group (ACRL), and Tungsten (TUNG). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Herald (LON:HRI) and MaxCyte (LON:MXCT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
MaxCyte received 50 more outperform votes than Herald when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave MaxCyte an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MaxCyte had 2 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MaxCyte and 0 mentions for Herald. MaxCyte's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Herald's score of -0.18 indicating that MaxCyte is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Herald has higher revenue and earnings than MaxCyte. MaxCyte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Herald has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxCyte has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Herald has a net margin of 75.97% compared to MaxCyte's net margin of -77.97%. Herald's return on equity of 3.77% beat MaxCyte's return on equity.
48.1% of Herald shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of MaxCyte shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Herald shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of MaxCyte shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Herald beats MaxCyte on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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