SGU vs. NAAS, NVEC, JFIN, FORR, CCSI, SKYT, AVNW, FARO, SOHU, and NTGR
Should you be buying Star Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Group include NaaS Technology (NAAS), NVE (NVEC), Jiayin Group (JFIN), Forrester Research (FORR), Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Aviat Networks (AVNW), FARO Technologies (FARO), Sohu.com (SOHU), and NETGEAR (NTGR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Star Group (NYSE:SGU) and NaaS Technology (NASDAQ:NAAS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Star Group had 2 more articles in the media than NaaS Technology. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Star Group and 0 mentions for NaaS Technology. NaaS Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Star Group's score of 0.80 indicating that NaaS Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NaaS Technology has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 749.06%. Given NaaS Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NaaS Technology is more favorable than Star Group.
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.
40.4% of Star Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of NaaS Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Star Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of NaaS Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Star Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NaaS Technology has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Group has a net margin of 2.15% compared to NaaS Technology's net margin of -376.49%. Star Group's return on equity of 13.15% beat NaaS Technology'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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