SCE vs. TRT, STG, CAR, AUTG, CTA, AIEA, B90, CMX, HEIQ, and SSTY
Should you be buying Surface Transforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surface Transforms include Transense Technologies (TRT), Strip Tinning (STG), Carclo (CAR), Autins Group (AUTG), CT Automotive Group (CTA), AIREA (AIEA), B90 (B90), Catalyst Media Group (CMX), HeiQ (HEIQ), and Safestay (SSTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Surface Transforms (LON:SCE) and Transense Technologies (LON:TRT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Surface Transforms had 11 more articles in the media than Transense Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Surface Transforms and 1 mentions for Transense Technologies. Transense Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Surface Transforms' score of 0.03 indicating that Transense Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.1% of Surface Transforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Transense Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Surface Transforms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Transense Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Transense Technologies has a net margin of 45.10% compared to Surface Transforms' net margin of -134.35%. Transense Technologies' return on equity of 40.43% beat Surface Transforms' return on equity.
Surface Transforms has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transense Technologies has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Surface Transforms received 44 more outperform votes than Transense Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.20% of users gave Surface Transforms an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Transense Technologies an outperform vote.
Transense Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Surface Transforms. Surface Transforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transense Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Transense Technologies beats Surface Transforms on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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