Henry Boot (BOOT) Competitors

Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) and Big Technologies (LON:BIG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, BOOT or BIG?

Henry Boot has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Technologies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOOT or BIG?

Henry Boot received 165 more outperform votes than Big Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Big Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Henry Boot an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henry Boot	Outperform Votes 168 65.12%	Underperform Votes 90 34.88%
Big Technologies	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BOOT or BIG?

15.7% of Henry Boot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Big Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 69.5% of Henry Boot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.5% of Big Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BOOT or BIG?

Big Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Henry Boot. Henry Boot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Big Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Henry Boot	£285.69M	1.07	£11.31M	£0.08	2,850.00
Big Technologies	£54.45M	7.18	£12.53M	£0.04	3,337.50

Is BOOT or BIG more profitable?

Big Technologies has a net margin of 23.01% compared to Henry Boot's net margin of 3.97%. Big Technologies' return on equity of 9.96% beat Henry Boot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henry Boot	3.97%	3.10%	1.71%
Big Technologies	23.01%	9.96%	5.60%

Do analysts prefer BOOT or BIG?

Big Technologies has a consensus price target of GBX 345, indicating a potential upside of 158.43%. Given Big Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Big Technologies is more favorable than Henry Boot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henry Boot	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Big Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer BOOT or BIG?

In the previous week, Big Technologies had 10 more articles in the media than Henry Boot. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Big Technologies and 8 mentions for Henry Boot. Henry Boot's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Big Technologies' score of 0.06 indicating that Henry Boot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henry Boot	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Big Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Big Technologies beats Henry Boot on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.