XAR vs. NXQ, CNC, WNWD, CLBS, BGO, ELCO, FTC, SPSY, QTX, and AOM
Should you be buying Xaar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xaar include Nexteq (NXQ), Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Windward (WNWD), Celebrus Technologies (CLBS), Bango (BGO), Eleco (ELCO), Filtronic (FTC), Spectra Systems (SPSY), Quartix Technologies (QTX), and ActiveOps (AOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Xaar (LON:XAR) and Nexteq (LON:NXQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Nexteq has higher revenue and earnings than Xaar. Xaar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexteq, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xaar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Nexteq pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Xaar pays out -26,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexteq pays out 2,307.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Xaar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
82.8% of Xaar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Nexteq shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Xaar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.4% of Nexteq shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nexteq has a net margin of 9.53% compared to Xaar's net margin of -3.08%. Nexteq's return on equity of 14.10% beat Xaar's return on equity.
In the previous week, Xaar's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nexteq'saverage media sentiment score.
Xaar received 267 more outperform votes than Nexteq when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Nexteq an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave Xaar an outperform vote.
Xaar has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexteq has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nexteq has a consensus target price of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 99.34%. Given Nexteq's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nexteq is more favorable than Xaar.
Summary
Nexteq beats Xaar on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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