SGU vs. NAAS, OSPN, BBAI, SRI, ZH, AVNW, NVEC, NTGR, MEI, and BLZE
Should you be buying Star Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Group include NaaS Technology (NAAS), OneSpan (OSPN), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Stoneridge (SRI), Zhihu (ZH), Aviat Networks (AVNW), NVE (NVEC), NETGEAR (NTGR), Methode Electronics (MEI), and Backblaze (BLZE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
NaaS Technology (NASDAQ:NAAS) and Star Group (NYSE:SGU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Star Group has higher revenue and earnings than NaaS Technology. NaaS Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NaaS Technology presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 380.26%. Given Star Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NaaS Technology is more favorable than Star Group.
NaaS Technology has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Group has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Star Group had 3 more articles in the media than NaaS Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Star Group and 3 mentions for NaaS Technology. Star Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat NaaS Technology's score of 0.05 indicating that NaaS Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
1.8% of NaaS Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Star Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of NaaS Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Star Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Star Group received 127 more outperform votes than NaaS Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NaaS Technology an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Star Group an outperform vote.
Star Group has a net margin of 2.15% compared to Star Group's net margin of -409.83%. NaaS Technology's return on equity of 13.82% beat Star Group's return on equity.
Summary
Star Group beats NaaS Technology on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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