Xaar (XAR) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CNC or XAR?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies and Concurrent Technologies both had 2 articles in the media. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Xaar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies	2 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNC or XAR?

Xaar received 221 more outperform votes than Concurrent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave Xaar an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concurrent Technologies	Outperform Votes 51 56.67%	Underperform Votes 39 43.33%
Xaar	Outperform Votes 272 59.52%	Underperform Votes 185 40.48%

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 7.7%. 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 preferable valuation and earnings, 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	4.45	£5.09M	£5.85	32.27
Xaar	£65.44M	1.26	-£3.48M	-£4.40	-23.77

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, CNC or XAR?

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Xaar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Xaar on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.