SOLI vs. DSCV, TTG, KETL, GHH, WPHO, LST, PPIX, CPX, ZYT, and PSL
Should you be buying Solid State stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Solid State include discoverIE Group (DSCV), TT Electronics (TTG), Strix Group (KETL), Gooch & Housego (GHH), Windar Photonics (WPHO), Light Science Technologies (LST), ProPhotonix (PPIX), CAP-XX (CPX), Zytronic (ZYT), and Photonstar Led Group (PSL). These companies are all part of the "electronic components" industry.
Solid State (LON:SOLI) and discoverIE Group (LON:DSCV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
discoverIE Group has a consensus target price of GBX 977.50, indicating a potential upside of 66.81%. Given discoverIE Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe discoverIE Group is more favorable than Solid State.
Solid State received 6 more outperform votes than discoverIE Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.98% of users gave discoverIE Group an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Solid State an outperform vote.
49.7% of Solid State shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of discoverIE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Solid State shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of discoverIE Group shares are held by 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.
Solid State has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, discoverIE Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
discoverIE Group has higher revenue and earnings than Solid State. Solid State is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than discoverIE Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Solid State had 3 more articles in the media than discoverIE Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Solid State and 2 mentions for discoverIE Group. Solid State's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat discoverIE Group's score of -0.31 indicating that Solid State is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Solid State pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. discoverIE Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Solid State pays out 2,894.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. discoverIE Group pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Solid State has a net margin of 5.43% compared to discoverIE Group's net margin of 3.55%. Solid State's return on equity of 14.53% beat discoverIE Group's return on equity.
Summary
discoverIE Group beats Solid State on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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