OMG vs. GHT, EYE, NET, TRB, APTD, SPSY, CLBS, SAAS, ELCO, and AOM
Should you be buying Oxford Metrics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Metrics include Gresham Technologies (GHT), Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE), Netcall (NET), Tribal Group (TRB), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Spectra Systems (SPSY), Celebrus Technologies (CLBS), Microlise Group (SAAS), Eleco (ELCO), and ActiveOps (AOM). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) and Gresham Technologies (LON:GHT) are both small-cap computer and technology 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.
Oxford Metrics has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Gresham Technologies' net margin of 4.95%. Oxford Metrics' return on equity of 7.09% beat Gresham Technologies' return on equity.
68.3% of Oxford Metrics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Gresham Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Oxford Metrics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Gresham Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Metrics has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gresham Technologies has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Metrics received 48 more outperform votes than Gresham Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.86% of users gave Oxford Metrics an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Gresham Technologies an outperform vote.
Oxford Metrics currently has a consensus target price of GBX 148.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.28%. Given Oxford Metrics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Oxford Metrics is more favorable than Gresham Technologies.
Oxford Metrics pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gresham Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Oxford Metrics pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gresham Technologies pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Oxford Metrics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gresham Technologies. Oxford Metrics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gresham Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Oxford Metrics had 2 more articles in the media than Gresham Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Oxford Metrics and 1 mentions for Gresham Technologies. Oxford Metrics' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Gresham Technologies' score of -0.95 indicating that Oxford Metrics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Oxford Metrics beats Gresham Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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