Quartix Technologies (QTX) Competitors

Quartix Technologies (LON:QTX) and SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of QTX or SRT?

36.7% of Quartix Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of SRT Marine Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Quartix Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 61.9% of SRT Marine Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QTX or SRT?

SRT Marine Systems received 27 more outperform votes than Quartix Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave SRT Marine Systems an outperform vote while only 61.19% of users gave Quartix Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quartix Technologies	Outperform Votes 123 61.19%	Underperform Votes 78 38.81%
SRT Marine Systems	Outperform Votes 150 63.03%	Underperform Votes 88 36.97%

Which has more volatility & risk, QTX or SRT?

Quartix Technologies has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRT Marine Systems has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, QTX or SRT?

SRT Marine Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Quartix Technologies. Quartix Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SRT Marine Systems, 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
Quartix Technologies	£31.37M	3.75	-£769.16K	-£1.59	-153.04
SRT Marine Systems	£42.30M	4.27	£96.40K	£0.04	1,881.83

Is QTX or SRT more profitable?

SRT Marine Systems has a net margin of 0.23% compared to Quartix Technologies' net margin of -2.45%. SRT Marine Systems' return on equity of 0.69% beat Quartix Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quartix Technologies	-2.45%	-4.50%	3.43%
SRT Marine Systems	0.23%	0.69%	-13.20%

Does the media favor QTX or SRT?

In the previous week, SRT Marine Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Quartix Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SRT Marine Systems and 1 mentions for Quartix Technologies. Quartix Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SRT Marine Systems' score of -0.57 indicating that Quartix Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quartix Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SRT Marine Systems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

SRT Marine Systems beats Quartix Technologies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.