NXQ vs. CNC, XAR, TST, TTG, EPO, FNX, MCGN, KCT, ACSO, and SEE
Should you be buying Nexteq stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexteq include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Touchstar (TST), TT Electronics (TTG), Earthport (EPO), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Microgen (MCGN), Kin and Carta (KCT), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), and Seeing Machines (SEE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Nexteq (LON:NXQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, Nexteq had 2 more articles in the media than Concurrent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nexteq and 1 mentions for Concurrent Technologies. Nexteq's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Concurrent Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Nexteq is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
25.2% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of Nexteq shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Nexteq shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 12.23% compared to Nexteq's net margin of 9.53%. Nexteq's return on equity of 14.10% beat Concurrent Technologies' return on equity.
Nexteq has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 105.13%. Given Nexteq's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nexteq is more favorable than Concurrent Technologies.
Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Nexteq pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nexteq pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexteq has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nexteq beats Concurrent Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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