SPEC vs. BVC, AKR, CNSL, ODX, CTEC, AMS, TSTL, ANCR, 4BB, and CIR
Should you be buying INSPECS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INSPECS Group include BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Akers Biosciences (AKR), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Omega Diagnostics Group (ODX), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Tristel (TSTL), Animalcare Group (ANCR), 4basebio (4BB), and Circassia Group (CIR). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
INSPECS Group vs.
INSPECS Group (LON:SPEC) and BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BVC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
BATM Advanced Communications received 185 more outperform votes than INSPECS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave INSPECS Group an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave BATM Advanced Communications an outperform vote.
BATM Advanced Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INSPECS Group. BATM Advanced Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than INSPECS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
INSPECS Group has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BATM Advanced Communications has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BATM Advanced Communications had 2 more articles in the media than INSPECS Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BATM Advanced Communications and 0 mentions for INSPECS Group. BATM Advanced Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat INSPECS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that BATM Advanced Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.8% of INSPECS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of BATM Advanced Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of INSPECS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of BATM Advanced Communications 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.
BATM Advanced Communications has a net margin of -0.21% compared to INSPECS Group's net margin of -2.10%. BATM Advanced Communications' return on equity of -0.22% beat INSPECS Group's return on equity.
INSPECS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. BATM Advanced Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. INSPECS Group pays out -24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BATM Advanced Communications pays out -2,321.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BATM Advanced Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
BATM Advanced Communications beats INSPECS Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SPEC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff