AIREA (AIEA) Competitors

AIREA (LON:AIEA) and HeiQ (LON:HEIQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AIEA or HEIQ?

AIREA received 73 more outperform votes than HeiQ when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AIREA	Outperform Votes 73 62.93%	Underperform Votes 43 37.07%
HeiQ	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer AIEA or HEIQ?

In the previous week, AIREA had 3 more articles in the media than HeiQ. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AIREA and 0 mentions for HeiQ. AIREA's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat HeiQ's score of 0.00 indicating that AIREA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AIREA	Very Positive
HeiQ	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AIEA or HEIQ?

AIREA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HeiQ.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AIREA	£20.55M	0.50	£1.17M	N/A	N/A
HeiQ	£41.75M	0.00	-£13.58M	-£0.07	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, AIEA or HEIQ?

AIREA has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HeiQ has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AIEA or HEIQ more profitable?

AIREA has a net margin of 0.31% compared to HeiQ's net margin of -32.54%. AIREA's return on equity of 0.39% beat HeiQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AIREA	0.31%	0.39%	1.99%
HeiQ	-32.54%	-40.04%	-11.57%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AIEA or HEIQ?

10.4% of AIREA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of HeiQ shares are held by institutional investors. 54.1% of AIREA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.1% of HeiQ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AIREA beats HeiQ on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.