WSG vs. NWT, CSSG, PEG, FA, THRU, SNX, LPA, NTBR, TON, and HSM
Should you be buying Westminster Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westminster Group include Newmark Security (NWT), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Petards Group (PEG), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Thruvision Group (THRU), Synectics (SNX), LPA Group (LPA), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), and Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Westminster Group (LON:WSG) and Newmark Security (LON:NWT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
9.7% of Westminster Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Westminster Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Newmark Security shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Newmark Security has higher revenue and earnings than Westminster Group.
In the previous week, Westminster Group had 5 more articles in the media than Newmark Security. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Westminster Group and 0 mentions for Newmark Security. Westminster Group's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Newmark Security's score of 0.00 indicating that Westminster Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Westminster Group has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Security has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westminster Group has a net margin of 6.91% compared to Newmark Security's net margin of -0.78%. Westminster Group's return on equity of 7.01% beat Newmark Security's return on equity.
Newmark Security received 30 more outperform votes than Westminster Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Newmark Security an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Westminster Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Westminster Group beats Newmark Security on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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