Spectra Systems (SPSY) Competitors

IDOX (LON:IDOX) and Spectra Systems (LON:SPSY) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer IDOX or SPSY?

IDOX currently has a consensus price target of GBX 85.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.78%. Given IDOX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe IDOX is more favorable than Spectra Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDOX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Spectra Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IDOX or SPSY?

20.9% of IDOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Spectra Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of IDOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Spectra Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, IDOX or SPSY?

IDOX has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectra Systems has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IDOX or SPSY a better dividend stock?

IDOX pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Spectra Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 11.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. IDOX pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectra Systems pays out 43.0% 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. Spectra Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is IDOX or SPSY more profitable?

Spectra Systems has a net margin of 29.81% compared to IDOX's net margin of 6.82%. Spectra Systems' return on equity of 20.41% beat IDOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDOX	6.82%	7.18%	4.20%
Spectra Systems	29.81%	20.41%	10.14%

Does the media refer more to IDOX or SPSY?

In the previous week, IDOX had 1 more articles in the media than Spectra Systems. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IDOX and 1 mentions for Spectra Systems. IDOX's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Spectra Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that IDOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDOX	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spectra Systems	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IDOX or SPSY?

Spectra Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IDOX. Spectra Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDOX	£89.46M	2.83	£5.56M	£1.36	40.88
Spectra Systems	£61.42M	1.17	£8.17M	£27.00	5.51

Summary

IDOX beats Spectra Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.