Xaar (XAR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 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 risk & volatility, CNC or XAR?

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

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 6.5%. 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 stronger 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	4.57	£5.09M	£5.85	33.17
Xaar	£65.44M	1.49	-£3.48M	-£4.40	-28.09

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CNC or XAR?

24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Xaar shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Xaar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CNC or XAR?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies and Concurrent Technologies both had 1 articles in the media. Xaar's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Concurrent Technologies' score of 0.00 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Xaar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Concurrent Technologies and Xaar tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.