AXS vs. ESNT, FFX, PGR, ACIC, CNC, AJG, ALL, ALS, COS, and QFI
Should you be buying Accsys Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accsys Technologies include Essentra (ESNT), Fairfx Group (FFX), Phoenix Global Resources (PGR), abrdn China Investment (ACIC), Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG), Atlantic Lithium (ALL), Altus Strategies (ALS), Collagen Solutions plc (COS.L) (COS), and Quadrise Fuels International (QFI). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Accsys Technologies vs.
Essentra (LON:ESNT) and Accsys Technologies (LON:AXS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Essentra currently has a consensus price target of GBX 216.67, indicating a potential upside of 82.69%. Given Essentra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Essentra is more favorable than Accsys Technologies.
121.7% of Essentra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of Accsys Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Essentra shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Accsys Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Essentra has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accsys Technologies has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essentra received 162 more outperform votes than Accsys Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.82% of users gave Accsys Technologies an outperform vote while only 72.84% of users gave Essentra an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Essentra had 1 more articles in the media than Accsys Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Essentra and 0 mentions for Accsys Technologies. Essentra's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Accsys Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Essentra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Essentra has a net margin of 1.13% compared to Accsys Technologies' net margin of -13.12%. Essentra's return on equity of 1.28% beat Accsys Technologies' return on equity.
Essentra has higher revenue and earnings than Accsys Technologies. Accsys Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essentra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Essentra beats Accsys Technologies on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AXS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
