EQT vs. XSG, SNT, CMH, LIB, LIFS, CEPS, SLNG, PHSC, PEG, and IGE
Should you be buying EQTEC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQTEC include Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Sabien Technology Group (SNT), Chamberlin (CMH), Libertine (LIB), LifeSafe (LIFS), Ceps (CEPS), H C Slingsby (SLNG), PHSC (PHSC), Petards Group (PEG), and Image Scan (IGE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
EQTEC (LON:EQT) and Xeros Technology Group (LON:XSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, EQTEC and EQTEC both had 2 articles in the media. EQTEC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Xeros Technology Group'saverage media sentiment score.
EQTEC has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xeros Technology Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Xeros Technology Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to EQTEC's net margin of -207.80%. EQTEC's return on equity of -26.50% beat Xeros Technology Group's return on equity.
53.0% of Xeros Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of EQTEC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Xeros Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Xeros Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EQTEC. EQTEC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xeros Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xeros Technology Group received 32 more outperform votes than EQTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.05% of users gave Xeros Technology Group an outperform vote while only 66.98% of users gave EQTEC an outperform vote.
Summary
Xeros Technology Group beats EQTEC on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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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