Nexteq (NXQ) Competitors

Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Nexteq (LON:NXQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CNC or NXQ?

24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Nexteq shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.1% of Nexteq shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CNC or NXQ?

Nexteq has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 230.03%. Given Nexteq's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nexteq is more favorable than Concurrent Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concurrent Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Nexteq	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNC or NXQ?

Concurrent Technologies received 43 more outperform votes than Nexteq when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Nexteq an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concurrent Technologies	Outperform Votes 51 56.67%	Underperform Votes 39 43.33%
Nexteq	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk & volatility, CNC or NXQ?

Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexteq has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNC or NXQ a better dividend stock?

Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Nexteq pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexteq pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CNC or NXQ?

Nexteq has higher revenue and earnings than Concurrent Technologies. Nexteq is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, 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
Concurrent Technologies	£36.64M	4.49	£5.09M	£5.85	32.54
Nexteq	£121.17M	0.38	£11.92M	£12.62	4.80

Does the media prefer CNC or NXQ?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Nexteq. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Nexteq. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Nexteq's score of 0.75 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies	Positive
Nexteq	Positive

Is CNC or NXQ more profitable?

Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Nexteq's net margin of 9.83%. Concurrent Technologies' return on equity of 13.89% beat Nexteq's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	13.89%	8.31%
Nexteq	9.83%	12.76%	6.88%

Summary

Nexteq beats Concurrent Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.