PipeHawk (PIP) Competitors

Trakm8 (LON:TRAK) and PipeHawk (LON:PIP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, TRAK or PIP?

Trakm8 has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PipeHawk has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TRAK or PIP?

In the previous week, Trakm8 had 2 more articles in the media than PipeHawk. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Trakm8 and 0 mentions for PipeHawk. Trakm8's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat PipeHawk's score of 0.00 indicating that Trakm8 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trakm8	Neutral
PipeHawk	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRAK or PIP?

Trakm8 has higher revenue and earnings than PipeHawk. Trakm8 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PipeHawk, 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
Trakm8	£18.10M	0.27	-£1.36M	-£2.15	-3.99
PipeHawk	£9.14M	0.06	-£1.69M	-£4.66	-0.35

Is TRAK or PIP more profitable?

Trakm8 has a net margin of -7.53% compared to PipeHawk's net margin of -18.51%. PipeHawk's return on equity of 28.84% beat Trakm8's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trakm8	-7.53%	-6.52%	-0.89%
PipeHawk	-18.51%	28.84%	-7.84%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRAK or PIP?

0.1% of Trakm8 shares are held by institutional investors. 84.6% of Trakm8 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of PipeHawk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRAK or PIP?

Trakm8 received 108 more outperform votes than PipeHawk when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave PipeHawk an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Trakm8 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trakm8	Outperform Votes 158 53.74%	Underperform Votes 136 46.26%
PipeHawk	Outperform Votes 50 64.94%	Underperform Votes 27 35.06%

Summary

Trakm8 beats PipeHawk on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.