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INSPECS Group (SPEC) Competitors

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GBX 39 -1.00 (-2.50%)
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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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
INSPECS GroupOutperform Votes
5
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
BATM Advanced CommunicationsOutperform Votes
190
49.10%
Underperform Votes
197
50.90%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
INSPECS Group£195.14M0.21-£4.11M-£4.04-10.00
BATM Advanced Communications£130.32M0.61-£278.26K-£0.04-347.07

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
INSPECS Group Neutral
BATM Advanced Communications Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
INSPECS Group-2.10% -4.00% 0.45%
BATM Advanced Communications -0.21%-0.22%0.58%

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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SPEC vs. The Competition

MetricINSPECS GroupMedical Instruments & Supplies IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£41.08M£3.47B£5.54B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.00%1.99%5.09%4.97%
P/E Ratio-10.0018.3522.55128.89
Price / Sales0.21621.98395.25232,177.69
Price / Cash1.63146.5438.1828.10
Price / Book0.403.196.764.56
Net Income-£4.11M£99.80M£3.22B£5.84B
7 Day Performance2.90%2.86%1.37%2.93%
1 Month Performance-16.05%1.20%2.77%10.14%
1 Year Performance-30.04%116.78%15.59%116.77%

INSPECS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPEC
INSPECS Group
N/AGBX 39
-2.5%
N/A-28.6%£39.65M£195.14M-9.651,673Gap Up
BVC
BATM Advanced Communications
N/AGBX 14.38
+6.3%
N/A-25.1%£76.36M£130.32M-333.84980News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
AKR
Akers Biosciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.64M£2.32M-0.44120
CNSL
Cambridge Nutritional Sciences
N/AGBX 2.55
-5.5%
N/A-30.3%£6.07M£9.77M-362.103,200Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ODX
Omega Diagnostics Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.23M£7.55M-220.0091Gap Down
CTEC
ConvaTec Group
2.2776 of 5 stars
GBX 256.60
+0.7%
GBX 301.67
+17.6%
+5.3%£6.53B£2.71B43.2110,000
AMS
Advanced Medical Solutions Group
2.0949 of 5 stars
GBX 186.03
+1.8%
GBX 300
+61.3%
+2.5%£401.68M£132.18M36.0510Gap Down
TSTL
Tristel
N/AGBX 355
+1.4%
N/A-22.5%£169.59M£42.24M25.98208
ANCR
Animalcare Group
N/AGBX 226.69
+0.3%
N/A-0.4%£155.42M£84.90M4.23220Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
4BB
4basebio
2.1953 of 5 stars
GBX 1,123.40
-0.1%
GBX 1,600
+42.4%
+6.4%£143.91M£311,000.00-1,440.26101
CIR
Circassia Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£142.66M£27.90M3,400.00111Gap Down

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This page (LON:SPEC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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