OXIG vs. BYIT, KNOS, SPT, TRST, AWE, GBG, JDG, DSCV, ATG, and LTG
Should you be buying Oxford Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Instruments include Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Kainos Group (KNOS), Spirent Communications (SPT), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Alphawave IP Group (AWE), GB Group (GBG), Judges Scientific (JDG), discoverIE Group (DSCV), Auction Technology Group (ATG), and Learning Technologies Group (LTG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Oxford Instruments (LON:OXIG) and Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Bytes Technology Group had 2 more articles in the media than Oxford Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bytes Technology Group and 0 mentions for Oxford Instruments. Oxford Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Bytes Technology Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Oxford Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.9% of Oxford Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Bytes Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Oxford Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Bytes Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Instruments pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bytes Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Oxford Instruments pays out 1,941.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bytes Technology Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bytes Technology Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Oxford Instruments' net margin of 13.26%. Bytes Technology Group's return on equity of 83.16% beat Oxford Instruments' return on equity.
Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bytes Technology Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Instruments currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,281, suggesting a potential downside of 2.10%. Bytes Technology Group has a consensus price target of GBX 642.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.80%. Given Bytes Technology Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bytes Technology Group is more favorable than Oxford Instruments.
Oxford Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than Bytes Technology Group. Oxford Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bytes Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oxford Instruments received 431 more outperform votes than Bytes Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Bytes Technology Group an outperform vote while only 67.32% of users gave Oxford Instruments an outperform vote.
Summary
Oxford Instruments beats Bytes Technology Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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