SEE vs. IOM, FNX, BKS, BGO, WNWD, CNS, PAY, WPS, BOKU, and SAAS
Should you be buying Seeing Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seeing Machines include iomart Group (IOM), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS), Bango (BGO), Windward (WNWD), Corero Network Security (CNS), PayPoint (PAY), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), Boku (BOKU), and Microlise Group (SAAS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
iomart Group (LON:IOM) and Seeing Machines (LON:SEE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
iomart Group has higher revenue and earnings than Seeing Machines. Seeing Machines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iomart Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Seeing Machines had 17 more articles in the media than iomart Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Seeing Machines and 0 mentions for iomart Group. Seeing Machines' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat iomart Group's score of -0.14 indicating that iomart Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
60.5% of iomart Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Seeing Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.2% of iomart Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Seeing Machines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
iomart Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 43.41%. Seeing Machines has a consensus price target of GBX 11, suggesting a potential upside of 150.57%. Given iomart Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Seeing Machines is more favorable than iomart Group.
iomart Group received 134 more outperform votes than Seeing Machines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave iomart Group an outperform vote while only 54.04% of users gave Seeing Machines an outperform vote.
iomart Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seeing Machines has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
iomart Group has a net margin of 5.27% compared to iomart Group's net margin of -51.98%. Seeing Machines' return on equity of 5.46% beat iomart Group's return on equity.
Summary
iomart Group beats Seeing Machines on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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