GetBusy (GETB) Competitors

GetBusy (LON:GETB) and Sopheon (LON:SPE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GETB or SPE?

Sopheon received 126 more outperform votes than GetBusy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.51% of users gave GetBusy an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Sopheon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GetBusy	Outperform Votes 37 75.51%	Underperform Votes 12 24.49%
Sopheon	Outperform Votes 163 59.49%	Underperform Votes 111 40.51%

Which has better earnings and valuation, GETB or SPE?

GetBusy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sopheon.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GetBusy	£21.38M	1.26	£531.26K	£1.05	50.78
Sopheon	£38.12M	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GETB or SPE more profitable?

GetBusy has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Sopheon's net margin of -0.14%. Sopheon's return on equity of -0.18% beat GetBusy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GetBusy	2.48%	-17.71%	2.80%
Sopheon	-0.14%	-0.18%	2.70%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GETB or SPE?

34.0% of GetBusy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of Sopheon shares are held by institutional investors. 45.2% of GetBusy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Sopheon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, GETB or SPE?

GetBusy has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sopheon has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GETB or SPE?

In the previous week, GetBusy had 2 more articles in the media than Sopheon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GetBusy and 0 mentions for Sopheon. GetBusy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Sopheon's score of 0.00 indicating that GetBusy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GetBusy	Positive
Sopheon	Neutral

Summary

GetBusy and Sopheon tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.