SOLI vs. KETL, GHH, TTG, IOM, NET, OMG, GHT, EYE, APTD, and SEE
Should you be buying Solid State stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Solid State include Strix Group (KETL), Gooch & Housego (GHH), TT Electronics (TTG), iomart Group (IOM), Netcall (NET), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), and Seeing Machines (SEE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Strix Group (LON:KETL) and Solid State (LON:SOLI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Strix Group has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Strix Group's net margin of 5.06%. Solid State's return on equity of 40.54% beat Strix Group's return on equity.
Strix Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Solid State. Strix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solid State, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Strix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Solid State pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Strix Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Solid State pays out 3,181.8% 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 received 71 more outperform votes than Strix Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.79% of users gave Strix Group an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Solid State an outperform vote.
Strix Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solid State has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.2% of Strix Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Solid State shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Strix Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Solid State shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Strix Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 32.45%. Given Solid State's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strix Group is more favorable than Solid State.
In the previous week, Solid State had 8 more articles in the media than Strix Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Solid State and 1 mentions for Strix Group. Solid State's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Strix Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Strix Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Strix Group beats Solid State on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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