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Xaar (XAR) Competitors

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GBX 88
+1.60 (+1.85%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

XAR vs. CNC, NXQ, TST, VID, DOTD, IDOX, EPO, FNX, MCGN, and KCT

Should you be buying Xaar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xaar include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Nexteq (NXQ), Touchstar (TST), Videndum (VID), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IDOX (IDOX), Earthport (EPO), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Microgen (MCGN), and Kin and Carta (KCT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Xaar vs.

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

Concurrent Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xaar£64.74M1.08-£3.44M-£0.04-2,200.00
Concurrent Technologies£36.32M2.94£5.04M£0.062,075.00

Xaar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Xaar pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Concurrent Technologies pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Xaar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Xaar's net margin of -5.32%. Concurrent Technologies' return on equity of 16.33% beat Xaar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xaar-5.32% -4.87% -3.65%
Concurrent Technologies 13.89%16.33%8.31%

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xaar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Concurrent Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Xaar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Xaar. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Xaar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Xaar Neutral
Concurrent Technologies Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XaarOutperform Votes
272
59.52%
Underperform Votes
185
40.48%
Concurrent TechnologiesOutperform Votes
51
56.67%
Underperform Votes
39
43.33%

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

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Xaar on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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XAR vs. The Competition

MetricXaarComputer Hardware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£69.65M£48.42M£24.96B£1.85B
Dividend Yield10.92%4.14%2.69%6.19%
P/E Ratio-2,200.00484.49231.921,865.33
Price / Sales1.0893.583,856.18263,402.18
Price / Cash11.0412.7332.8340.43
Price / Book0.991.646.803.00
Net Income-£3.44M£660,000.00£681.96M£154.68M
7 Day Performance-4.35%-1.82%-0.37%0.06%
1 Month Performance-14.15%-6.65%0.84%-0.37%
1 Year Performance-48.61%-2.99%18.67%132.65%

Xaar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XAR
Xaar
N/AGBX 88
+1.9%
N/A-49.0%£69.65M£64.74M-2,200.00444Gap Down
CNC
Concurrent Technologies
N/AGBX 112
+0.4%
N/A+85.3%£95.92M£36.32M1,866.6774,300
NXQ
Nexteq
3.1107 of 5 stars
GBX 88.10
-0.5%
GBX 200
+127.0%
-34.0%£55.87M£106.29M734.17219News Coverage
Positive News
TST
Touchstar
N/AGBX 94
-10.5%
N/A+6.6%£7.71M£6.88M1,175.0053Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VID
Videndum
2.668 of 5 stars
GBX 274
-1.4%
GBX 450
+64.2%
-7.8%£258.08M£295.20M-637.211,700News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DOTD
dotdigital Group
2.4114 of 5 stars
GBX 82.90
+2.3%
GBX 150
+80.9%
+10.5%£254.38M£74.15M2,072.50400Dividend Increase
Gap Down
IDOX
IDOX
1.2853 of 5 stars
GBX 55
-1.8%
GBX 80.50
+46.4%
-4.2%£253.10M£80.64M5,500.00626
EPO
Earthport
N/AGBX 37.70
+2.2%
N/AN/A£240.49M£32.56M-20.94214Gap Up
FNX
Fonix Mobile
N/AGBX 231
-2.1%
N/A+20.0%£228.64M£76.09M2,100.0045Dividend Increase
Positive News
MCGN
Microgen
N/AGBX 367.50
+0.1%
N/AN/A£224.83M£70.29M17.09N/A
KCT
Kin and Carta
N/AGBX 129.60
flat
N/A+22.4%£224.56M£192.01M-1,178.181,822

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This page (LON:XAR) was last updated on 11/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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