i(x) Net Zero (IX) Competitors

Tekcapital (LON:TEK) and i(x) Net Zero (LON:IX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Do analysts prefer TEK or IX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tekcapital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
i(x) Net Zero	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TEK or IX?

3.3% of Tekcapital shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Tekcapital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of i(x) Net Zero shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TEK or IX?

Tekcapital has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i(x) Net Zero has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEK or IX more profitable?

i(x) Net Zero has a net margin of 70.33% compared to i(x) Net Zero's net margin of 0.00%. Tekcapital's return on equity of 60.99% beat i(x) Net Zero's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tekcapital	N/A	31.38%	19.77%
i(x) Net Zero	70.33%	60.99%	39.94%

Does the media prefer TEK or IX?

In the previous week, i(x) Net Zero had 6 more articles in the media than Tekcapital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for i(x) Net Zero and 1 mentions for Tekcapital. i(x) Net Zero's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Tekcapital's score of 0.20 indicating that Tekcapital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tekcapital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
i(x) Net Zero	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TEK or IX?

i(x) Net Zero has higher revenue and earnings than Tekcapital. i(x) Net Zero is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tekcapital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tekcapital	-£25.48M	-0.81	-£28.04M	£0.11	94.55
i(x) Net Zero	£80.05M	0.20	£56.40M	£0.55	34.09

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEK or IX?

Tekcapital received 128 more outperform votes than i(x) Net Zero when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.19% of users gave Tekcapital an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave i(x) Net Zero an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tekcapital	Outperform Votes 128 69.19%	Underperform Votes 57 30.81%
i(x) Net Zero	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 10 100.00%

Summary

i(x) Net Zero beats Tekcapital on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.