GSTechnologies (GST) Competitors

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

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%

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%	-22.65%	-7.59%

Does the media prefer 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 more volatility and risk, 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IBPO or GST?

iEnergizer has higher revenue and earnings than GSTechnologies. GSTechnologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iEnergizer, 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
iEnergizer	£288.19M	0.00	£81.37M	£0.30	N/A
GSTechnologies	£2.21M	16.07	-£1.72M	-£0.05	-25.63

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IBPO or GST?

15.1% of iEnergizer shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.7% of iEnergizer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of GSTechnologies shares are owned by 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

iEnergizer beats GSTechnologies on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.