Nanoco Group (NANO) Competitors

Nanoco Group (LON:NANO) and Oxford Instruments (LON:OXIG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is NANO or OXIG more profitable?

Nanoco Group has a net margin of 186.26% compared to Oxford Instruments' net margin of 10.78%. Nanoco Group's return on equity of 137.99% beat Oxford Instruments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nanoco Group	186.26%	137.99%	-74.97%
Oxford Instruments	10.78%	14.29%	6.47%

Do analysts prefer NANO or OXIG?

Oxford Instruments has a consensus target price of GBX 2,648.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.11%. Given Oxford Instruments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Instruments is more favorable than Nanoco Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nanoco Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Oxford Instruments	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NANO or OXIG?

Oxford Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than Nanoco Group. Nanoco Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nanoco Group	£8.01M	2.76	£14.92M	£0.04	298.43
Oxford Instruments	£470.40M	2.59	£50.70M	£0.86	2,441.86

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NANO or OXIG?

Oxford Instruments received 95 more outperform votes than Nanoco Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.23% of users gave Nanoco Group an outperform vote while only 67.37% of users gave Oxford Instruments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nanoco Group	Outperform Votes 353 80.23%	Underperform Votes 87 19.77%
Oxford Instruments	Outperform Votes 448 67.37%	Underperform Votes 217 32.63%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NANO or OXIG?

44.6% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Oxford Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.6% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Oxford Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NANO or OXIG?

Nanoco Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NANO or OXIG?

In the previous week, Oxford Instruments had 1 more articles in the media than Nanoco Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Oxford Instruments and 1 mentions for Nanoco Group. Oxford Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Nanoco Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Oxford Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nanoco Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oxford Instruments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Oxford Instruments beats Nanoco Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.