XELB vs. VHC, RMCO, DLB, IDCC, ACTG, APPS, JYNT, REFR, MGOL, and RAY
Should you be buying Xcel Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Brands include VirnetX (VHC), Royalty Management (RMCO), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), InterDigital (IDCC), Acacia Research (ACTG), Digital Turbine (APPS), Joint (JYNT), Research Frontiers (REFR), MGO Global (MGOL), and Raytech (RAY).
VirnetX (NYSE:VHC) and Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
VirnetX has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Brands has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Xcel Brands had 5 more articles in the media than VirnetX. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Xcel Brands and 2 mentions for VirnetX. VirnetX's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Xcel Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Xcel Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Xcel Brands has higher revenue and earnings than VirnetX. VirnetX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xcel Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VirnetX has a net margin of 0.00% compared to VirnetX's net margin of -156.27%. VirnetX's return on equity of -21.92% beat Xcel Brands' return on equity.
10.4% of VirnetX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Xcel Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of VirnetX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.4% of Xcel Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Xcel Brands received 51 more outperform votes than VirnetX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.89% of users gave VirnetX an outperform vote while only 48.95% of users gave Xcel Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Xcel Brands beats VirnetX on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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