Pressure Technologies (PRES) Competitors

Pressure Technologies (LON:PRES) and Plexus (LON:POS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Is PRES or POS a better dividend stock?

Pressure Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.4%. Plexus pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Pressure Technologies pays out -40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer PRES or POS?

In the previous week, Pressure Technologies had 13 more articles in the media than Plexus. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pressure Technologies and 0 mentions for Plexus. Pressure Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Plexus' score of 0.00 indicating that Pressure Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pressure Technologies	Neutral
Plexus	Neutral

Do analysts recommend PRES or POS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pressure Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Plexus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PRES or POS?

Pressure Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Plexus.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pressure Technologies	£31.94M	0.45	-£3.57M	-£0.02	-1,869.40
Plexus	£5.87M	2.79	-£4.01M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PRES or POS?

69.5% of Pressure Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Pressure Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 62.5% of Plexus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PRES or POS more profitable?

Plexus has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Pressure Technologies' net margin of -2.13%. Plexus' return on equity of 1.97% beat Pressure Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pressure Technologies	-2.13%	-5.29%	1.25%
Plexus	4.72%	1.97%	0.01%

Which has more risk and volatility, PRES or POS?

Pressure Technologies has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plexus has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRES or POS?

Plexus received 75 more outperform votes than Pressure Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave Plexus an outperform vote while only 69.84% of users gave Pressure Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pressure Technologies	Outperform Votes 88 69.84%	Underperform Votes 38 30.16%
Plexus	Outperform Votes 163 71.18%	Underperform Votes 66 28.82%

Summary

Pressure Technologies beats Plexus on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.