OXIG vs. KNOS, BYIT, SPT, AWE, TRST, GBG, JDG, DSCV, NETW, and LTG
Should you be buying Oxford Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Instruments include Kainos Group (KNOS), Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Spirent Communications (SPT), Alphawave IP Group (AWE), Trustpilot Group (TRST), GB Group (GBG), Judges Scientific (JDG), discoverIE Group (DSCV), Network International (NETW), and Learning Technologies Group (LTG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and Oxford Instruments (LON:OXIG) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Kainos Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Instruments received 203 more outperform votes than Kainos Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.24% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 67.32% of users gave Oxford Instruments an outperform vote.
45.2% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Oxford Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of Kainos Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Oxford Instruments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Oxford Instruments pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Kainos Group pays out 7,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Instruments pays out 1,941.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Oxford Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than Kainos Group. Oxford Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kainos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oxford Instruments has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Oxford Instruments' net margin of 10.79%. Oxford Instruments' return on equity of 32.92% beat Kainos Group's return on equity.
Kainos Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,280, suggesting a potential upside of 20.08%. Oxford Instruments has a consensus price target of GBX 2,126.25, suggesting a potential downside of 12.14%. Given Oxford Instruments' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Oxford Instruments.
In the previous week, Oxford Instruments had 2 more articles in the media than Kainos Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Oxford Instruments and 3 mentions for Kainos Group. Kainos Group's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Oxford Instruments' score of 0.20 indicating that Oxford Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Oxford Instruments beats Kainos Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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