Xaar (XAR) Competitors

Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Xaar (LON:XAR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Is CNC or XAR a better dividend stock?

Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Xaar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Concurrent Technologies pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xaar pays out -182.0% 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. Xaar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CNC or XAR?

Concurrent Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xaar. Xaar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, 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
Concurrent Technologies	£36.64M	4.62	£5.09M	£5.85	33.51
Xaar	£65.44M	1.52	-£3.48M	-£4.40	-28.66

Which has more risk and volatility, CNC or XAR?

Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xaar has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNC or XAR more profitable?

Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Xaar's net margin of -5.32%. Concurrent Technologies' return on equity of 13.89% beat Xaar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	13.89%	8.31%
Xaar	-5.32%	-4.85%	-3.65%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CNC or XAR?

24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Xaar shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Xaar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CNC or XAR?

In the previous week, Xaar had 2 more articles in the media than Concurrent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Xaar and 1 mentions for Concurrent Technologies. Xaar's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Concurrent Technologies' score of 1.16 indicating that Xaar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xaar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Xaar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.