GSTechnologies (GST) Competitors

iEnergizer (LON:IBPO) and GSTechnologies (LON:GST) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is IBPO or GST more profitable?

iEnergizer has a net margin of 28.23% compared to GSTechnologies' net margin of -77.86%. iEnergizer's return on equity of 159.59% beat GSTechnologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iEnergizer	28.23%	159.59%	22.71%
GSTechnologies	-77.86%	-24.18%	-7.59%

Does the media refer more to IBPO or GST?

In the previous week, iEnergizer's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled GSTechnologies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
iEnergizer	Neutral
GSTechnologies	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IBPO or GST?

iEnergizer has higher revenue and earnings than GSTechnologies.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iEnergizer	£288.19M	0.00	£81.37M	£0.30	N/A
GSTechnologies	£1.55M	26.56	-£1.21M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IBPO or GST?

iEnergizer received 26 more outperform votes than GSTechnologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave GSTechnologies an outperform vote while only 65.96% of users gave iEnergizer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iEnergizer	Outperform Votes 31 65.96%	Underperform Votes 16 34.04%
GSTechnologies	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IBPO or GST?

15.1% of iEnergizer shares are held by institutional investors. 82.7% of iEnergizer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of GSTechnologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, IBPO or GST?

iEnergizer has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSTechnologies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

iEnergizer beats GSTechnologies on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.