LIB vs. EQT, XSG, SNT, CMH, AUK, PEG, MPL, NBB, NEXS, and CEPS
Should you be buying Libertine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Libertine include EQTEC (EQT), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Sabien Technology Group (SNT), Chamberlin (CMH), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Petards Group (PEG), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), and Ceps (CEPS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Libertine (LON:LIB) and EQTEC (LON:EQT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Libertine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EQTEC. Libertine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EQTEC had 3 more articles in the media than Libertine. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EQTEC and 0 mentions for Libertine. EQTEC's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Libertine's score of 0.00 indicating that EQTEC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Libertine has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQTEC has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Libertine 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 Libertine's return on equity.
EQTEC received 71 more outperform votes than Libertine when rated by MarketBeat users.
26.3% of Libertine shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of Libertine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of EQTEC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
EQTEC beats Libertine on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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