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GBX 1,877.55 -18.45 (-0.97%)
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OXIG vs. IQE, NANO, SXS, DARK, SCT, SOPH, CCC, NETW, RSW, and MCRO

Should you be buying Oxford Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Instruments include IQE (IQE), Nanoco Group (NANO), Spectris (SXS), Darktrace (DARK), Softcat (SCT), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Computacenter (CCC), Network International (NETW), Renishaw (RSW), and Micro Focus International (MCRO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Oxford Instruments vs. Its Competitors

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

72.3% of Oxford Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of IQE shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Oxford Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of IQE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Oxford Instruments and Oxford Instruments both had 3 articles in the media. IQE's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Oxford Instruments' score of -0.01 indicating that IQE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Oxford Instruments
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
IQE
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Oxford Instruments currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,462.50, suggesting a potential downside of 22.11%. IQE has a consensus price target of GBX 20, suggesting a potential upside of 96.85%. Given IQE's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IQE is more favorable than Oxford Instruments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oxford Instruments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
IQE
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQE has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Instruments£469.46M2.31£50.60M£88.0321.33
IQE£133.30M0.75-£23.85M-£2.35-4.32

Oxford Instruments has a net margin of 10.78% compared to IQE's net margin of -17.89%. Oxford Instruments' return on equity of 14.14% beat IQE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Instruments10.78% 14.14% 6.47%
IQE -17.89%-14.21%-3.31%

Summary

Oxford Instruments beats IQE on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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OXIG vs. The Competition

MetricOxford InstrumentsSemiconductor Equipment & Materials IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.08B£473.83M£27.27B£2.94B
Dividend Yield1.04%3.83%2.94%5.02%
P/E Ratio21.339.3635.84137.44
Price / Sales2.3199.132,014.49217,546.96
Price / Cash10.6614.4633.8927.99
Price / Book2.973.597.054.64
Net Income£50.60M£4.66M£762.33M£5.90B
7 Day Performance5.01%5.34%1.82%0.78%
1 Month Performance4.89%7.34%6.10%4.94%
1 Year Performance-24.04%-39.04%52,172.47%32.58%

Oxford Instruments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
1.5118 of 5 stars
GBX 1,877.55
-1.0%
GBX 1,462.50
-22.1%
-23.2%£1.08B£469.46M21.332,000
IQE
IQE
2.8166 of 5 stars
GBX 10.98
+0.7%
GBX 20
+82.1%
-67.3%£108.70M£133.30M-4.67577News Coverage
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 9.70
-4.2%
N/A-48.9%£18.33M£5.15M-21.7146Gap Down
SXS
Spectris
1.6819 of 5 stars
GBX 3,814
flat
GBX 3,380
-11.4%
+38.1%£3.80B£1.33B14.137,266
DARK
Darktrace
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.69B£616.47M4,436.922,300
SCT
Softcat
1.3405 of 5 stars
GBX 1,753
flat
GBX 1,616.33
-7.8%
-5.4%£3.49B£958.56M29.352,315Gap Up
SOPH
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.99B£726.90M341.41520
CCC
Computacenter
2.6099 of 5 stars
GBX 2,526
flat
GBX 2,958.33
+17.1%
-16.4%£2.68B£6.00B16.9020,022
NETW
Network International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.13B£490.13M4,437.782,133
RSW
Renishaw
2.8715 of 5 stars
GBX 2,761.45
+0.4%
GBX 4,000
+44.9%
-22.7%£1.99B£684.93M20.525,166
MCRO
Micro Focus International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.80B£2.74B-5.1711,355High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:OXIG) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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