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