CEPS vs. AUK, NEXS, TGP, RAI, LIFS, EQT, XSG, PEG, SNT, and SLNG
Should you be buying Ceps stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceps include Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), RA International Group (RAI), LifeSafe (LIFS), EQTEC (EQT), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Petards Group (PEG), Sabien Technology Group (SNT), and H C Slingsby (SLNG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ceps (LON:CEPS) and Aukett Swanke Group (LON:AUK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Ceps has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aukett Swanke Group has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ceps' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aukett Swanke Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Ceps has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Aukett Swanke Group's net margin of 0.65%. Ceps' return on equity of 30.79% beat Aukett Swanke Group's return on equity.
16.2% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.0% of Ceps shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.6% of Aukett Swanke Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aukett Swanke Group received 7 more outperform votes than Ceps when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.50% of users gave Ceps an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Aukett Swanke Group an outperform vote.
Ceps has higher revenue and earnings than Aukett Swanke Group.
Summary
Ceps beats Aukett Swanke Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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