IBEX (IBEX) Competitors

IBEX (NASDAQ:IBEX) and Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IBEX or NXTT?

IBEX received 33 more outperform votes than Next Technology when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IBEX	Outperform Votes 33 40.74%	Underperform Votes 48 59.26%
Next Technology	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IBEX or NXTT?

81.2% of IBEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of Next Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of IBEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Next Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IBEX or NXTT more profitable?

IBEX has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Next Technology's net margin of 0.00%. Next Technology's return on equity of 54.87% beat IBEX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IBEX	7.08%	25.29%	13.16%
Next Technology	N/A	54.87%	50.18%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IBEX or NXTT?

IBEX has higher revenue and earnings than Next Technology.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IBEX	$535.67M	0.71	$33.65M	$2.29	12.66
Next Technology	$1.80M	479.89	-$9.92M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate IBEX or NXTT?

IBEX currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.90%. Given IBEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IBEX is more favorable than Next Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IBEX	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Next Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, IBEX or NXTT?

IBEX has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Technology has a beta of 3.31, indicating that its share price is 231% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IBEX or NXTT?

In the previous week, IBEX had 9 more articles in the media than Next Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IBEX and 1 mentions for Next Technology. Next Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat IBEX's score of 0.52 indicating that Next Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IBEX	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Next Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IBEX beats Next Technology on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.