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Safeguard Scientifics (SFES) Competitors

$0.81 +0.03 (+3.83%)
As of 06/12/2025 02:39 PM Eastern

SFES vs. CLRC, TBMC, ALCY, ISPO, FTII, NRT, HSPO, IRAA, TOP, and FORL

Should you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include ClimateRock (CLRC), Trailblazer Merger Co. I (TBMC), Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 (ALCY), Inspirato (ISPO), FutureTech II Acquisition (FTII), North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT), Horizon Space Acquisition I (HSPO), Iris Acquisition (IRAA), TOP Financial Group (TOP), and Four Leaf Acquisition (FORL). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Safeguard Scientifics vs. Its Competitors

ClimateRock (NASDAQ:CLRC) and Safeguard Scientifics (NASDAQ:SFES) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

ClimateRock's return on equity of 0.00% beat Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ClimateRockN/A N/A -1.77%
Safeguard Scientifics N/A -53.75%-48.03%

ClimateRock and Safeguard Scientifics both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ClimateRockN/AN/A
Safeguard ScientificsN/AN/A

In the previous week, ClimateRock's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Safeguard Scientifics'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
ClimateRock Neutral
Safeguard Scientifics Neutral

55.5% of ClimateRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.2% of ClimateRock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by company 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ClimateRockN/AN/A$480KN/AN/A
Safeguard ScientificsN/AN/A-$9.83M-$0.55-1.47

ClimateRock has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ClimateRock beats Safeguard Scientifics on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SFES vs. The Competition

MetricSafeguard ScientificsInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.54M$1.09B$11.57B$8.50B
Dividend YieldN/A12.16%5.65%4.17%
P/E Ratio-1.4513.0722.7719.64
Price / SalesN/A11.3426.75152.17
Price / CashN/A14.7017.6034.64
Price / Book0.671.102.834.60
Net Income-$9.83M$96.63M$1.04B$248.06M
7 Day Performance1.24%0.05%-0.37%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-13.84%2.19%0.09%3.50%
1 Year Performance-10.01%0.33%539.64%12.68%

Safeguard Scientifics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFES
Safeguard Scientifics
N/A$0.81
+3.8%
N/A-10.0%$13.54MN/A-1.4533Gap Down
CLRC
ClimateRock
N/A$12.05
+0.3%
N/A+4.8%$54.83MN/A0.002
TBMC
Trailblazer Merger Co. I
N/A$11.83
+0.7%
N/A+8.5%$53.20MN/A0.00N/APositive News
ALCY
Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1
N/A$11.46
-0.4%
N/A+9.6%$51.91MN/A0.00N/APositive News
ISPO
Inspirato
0.9774 of 5 stars
$4.05
+0.4%
N/A+1.3%$50.32M$265.50M-0.92770News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FTII
FutureTech II Acquisition
N/A$11.70
flat
N/AN/A$50.19MN/A0.002
NRT
North European Oil Royalty Trust
0.8765 of 5 stars
$5.43
+3.2%
N/A-12.6%$49.91M$5.87M10.442Gap Up
HSPO
Horizon Space Acquisition I
N/A$11.97
+1.3%
N/A+11.1%$49.90MN/A0.002News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IRAA
Iris Acquisition
N/A$6.94
+38.5%
N/A-37.6%$49.55MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
TOP
TOP Financial Group
0.342 of 5 stars
$1.26
+1.4%
N/A-45.8%$46.47M$2.73M0.0011
FORL
Four Leaf Acquisition
N/A$11.37
-0.4%
N/A+4.5%$46.37MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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