ARC vs. 4GBL, ESYS, TERN, ITIM, TIDE, PEN, SYME, ALT, CRDL, and S247
Should you be buying Arcontech Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcontech Group include 4GLOBAL (4GBL), essensys (ESYS), Tern (TERN), Itim Group (ITIM), Crimson Tide (TIDE), Pennant International Group (PEN), Supply@ME Capital (SYME), Altitude Group (ALT), Cordel Group (CRDL), and Smarttech247 Group (S247). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
4GLOBAL (LON:4GBL) and Arcontech Group (LON:ARC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Arcontech Group received 187 more outperform votes than 4GLOBAL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave 4GLOBAL an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave Arcontech Group an outperform vote.
Arcontech Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 4GLOBAL. Arcontech Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4GLOBAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4GLOBAL currently has a consensus price target of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 114.59%. Given Arcontech Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 4GLOBAL is more favorable than Arcontech Group.
Arcontech Group has a net margin of 40.63% compared to Arcontech Group's net margin of 12.91%. Arcontech Group's return on equity of 24.79% beat 4GLOBAL's return on equity.
In the previous week, Arcontech Group had 1 more articles in the media than 4GLOBAL. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Arcontech Group and 0 mentions for 4GLOBAL. 4GLOBAL's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Arcontech Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Arcontech Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.0% of 4GLOBAL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Arcontech Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.4% of 4GLOBAL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Arcontech Group 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.
4GLOBAL has a beta of -0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcontech Group has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
4GLOBAL beats Arcontech Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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