NNOX vs. LQDT, ECX, CCRN, DSP, ACCD, LNZA, MKTW, ADSE, DADA, and HSII
Should you be buying Nano-X Imaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nano-X Imaging include Liquidity Services (LQDT), ECARX (ECX), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Viant Technology (DSP), Accolade (ACCD), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), MarketWise (MKTW), ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE), Dada Nexus (DADA), and Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ:NNOX) and Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Liquidity Services received 416 more outperform votes than Nano-X Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.91% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Nano-X Imaging an outperform vote.
Nano-X Imaging currently has a consensus price target of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 58.85%. Liquidity Services has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.11%. Given Nano-X Imaging's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Nano-X Imaging is more favorable than Liquidity Services.
Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Nano-X Imaging's net margin of -613.59%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 18.51% beat Nano-X Imaging's return on equity.
Liquidity Services has higher revenue and earnings than Nano-X Imaging. Nano-X Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Liquidity Services had 16 more articles in the media than Nano-X Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Liquidity Services and 4 mentions for Nano-X Imaging. Nano-X Imaging's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Liquidity Services' score of 0.65 indicating that Nano-X Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nano-X Imaging has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
21.5% of Nano-X Imaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Nano-X Imaging on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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