SMS vs. VLX, TFW, CWR, BOY, CKN, GEC, GEN, HAS, PAGE, and MGNS
Should you be buying Smart Metering Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Metering Systems include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), Ceres Power (CWR), Bodycote (BOY), Clarkson (CKN), General Electric (GEC), Genuit Group (GEN), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), and Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Smart Metering Systems (LON:SMS) and Volex (LON:VLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Volex has higher revenue and earnings than Smart Metering Systems. Volex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Metering Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Volex had 3 more articles in the media than Smart Metering Systems. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Volex and 0 mentions for Smart Metering Systems. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Smart Metering Systems' score of 0.08 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smart Metering Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Smart Metering Systems pays out 27,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Volex pays out 2,352.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Smart Metering Systems received 16 more outperform votes than Volex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.93% of users gave Smart Metering Systems an outperform vote while only 75.56% of users gave Volex an outperform vote.
Volex has a consensus target price of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 21.04%. Given Volex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than Smart Metering Systems.
74.9% of Smart Metering Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Smart Metering Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smart Metering Systems has a net margin of 10.97% compared to Volex's net margin of 4.67%. Volex's return on equity of 14.16% beat Smart Metering Systems' return on equity.
Smart Metering Systems has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Volex beats Smart Metering Systems on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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