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Oxford Instruments (OXIG) Competitors

GBX 2,180
+5.00 (+0.23%)
(As of 03:15 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
2,075
2,185
50-Day Range
1,712
2,210
52-Week Range
1,634
2,884.80
Volume
13,497 shs
Average Volume
149,404 shs
Market Capitalization
£1.26 billion
P/E Ratio
2,116.50
Dividend Yield
0.92%
Price Target
GBX 2,281

OXIG vs. KNOS, BYIT, AWE, ATG, DSCV, GBG, WPS, SPT, LTG, and JDG

Should you be buying Oxford Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Instruments include Kainos Group (KNOS), Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Alphawave IP Group (AWE), Auction Technology Group (ATG), discoverIE Group (DSCV), GB Group (GBG), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), Spirent Communications (SPT), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), and Judges Scientific (JDG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Oxford Instruments vs.

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

Oxford Instruments received 208 more outperform votes than Kainos Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.17% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave Oxford Instruments an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Oxford InstrumentsOutperform Votes
444
67.27%
Underperform Votes
216
32.73%
Kainos GroupOutperform Votes
236
72.17%
Underperform Votes
91
27.83%

Oxford Instruments presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,281, suggesting a potential upside of 4.87%. Kainos Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,301, suggesting a potential upside of 36.44%. Given Kainos Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Oxford Instruments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oxford Instruments
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Kainos Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Oxford Instruments has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 10.79%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 32.92% beat Oxford Instruments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Instruments13.26% 18.05% 6.73%
Kainos Group 10.79%32.92%13.56%

88.5% of Oxford Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Oxford Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.9% of Kainos Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Oxford Instruments pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Oxford Instruments pays out 1,941.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kainos Group pays out 7,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Instruments£453.90M2.77£60.20M£1.032,111.65
Kainos Group£388.28M3.07£41.91M£0.332,889.39

Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Oxford Instruments had 1 more articles in the media than Kainos Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oxford Instruments and 0 mentions for Kainos Group. Oxford Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Oxford Instruments Positive
Kainos Group Neutral

Summary

Oxford Instruments beats Kainos Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


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OXIG vs. The Competition

MetricOxford InstrumentsSemiconductor Equipment & Materials IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.26B£1.87B£16.79B£1.40B
Dividend Yield0.90%3.28%2.80%7.68%
P/E Ratio2,111.65195.61265.351,555.46
Price / Sales2.77136.47502.63376,534.61
Price / Cash10.6616.2929.1334.30
Price / Book3.574.278.762.30
Net Income£60.20M£39.54M£523.53M£229.07M
7 Day Performance2.35%0.02%1.19%4.70%
1 Month Performance26.31%15.73%14.79%8.84%
1 Year Performance1.40%4.50%14.30%5.13%

Oxford Instruments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNOS
Kainos Group
1.7556 of 5 stars
GBX 983.50
-0.7%
GBX 1,301
+32.3%
-42.2%£1.23B£388.28M2,980.302,781Gap Up
BYIT
Bytes Technology Group
1.3694 of 5 stars
GBX 540.50
-0.9%
GBX 586
+8.4%
+32.2%£1.29B£199.59M3,002.78930Insider Selling
News Coverage
AWE
Alphawave IP Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 107
-1.7%
GBX 180
+68.2%
+3.1%£760.05M£315.48M-2,675.00744Gap Up
ATG
Auction Technology Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 617
+2.7%
GBX 908.33
+47.2%
-30.1%£749.90M£129.42M20,566.67342Gap Up
DSCV
discoverIE Group
1.8091 of 5 stars
GBX 670
+0.3%
GBX 1,030
+53.7%
-21.1%£645.61M£448.90M3,045.454,697
GBG
GB Group
1.7794 of 5 stars
GBX 253.80
-3.7%
GBX 398.33
+56.9%
-29.4%£641.05M£278.81M-528.751,250Analyst Report
WPS
W.A.G payment solutions
0 of 5 stars
GBX 91
flat
N/A+13.5%£627.42M£2.23B4,550.001,329Gap Up
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.9 of 5 stars
GBX 108.20
+0.6%
GBX 203
+87.6%
-62.0%£626.10M£551.30M1,202.221,656News Coverage
LTG
Learning Technologies Group
1.9792 of 5 stars
GBX 78
+1.5%
GBX 107.50
+37.8%
-43.2%£617.11M£603.65M2,600.005,236Gap Down
JDG
Judges Scientific
0 of 5 stars
GBX 9,260
+1.1%
N/A+19.8%£612.09M£128.11M7,068.70595

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