Invinity Energy Systems (IES) Competitors

McBride (LON:MCB) and Invinity Energy Systems (LON:IES) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MCB or IES?

McBride has higher revenue and earnings than Invinity Energy Systems. Invinity Energy Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McBride, 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
McBride	£934.80M	0.18	£33.30M	£0.19	522.11
Invinity Energy Systems	£8.83M	7.48	-£20.96M	-£0.09	-166.67

Do analysts recommend MCB or IES?

Invinity Energy Systems has a consensus price target of GBX 40, indicating a potential upside of 166.67%. Given Invinity Energy Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Invinity Energy Systems is more favorable than McBride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McBride	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Invinity Energy Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MCB or IES?

72.7% of McBride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of Invinity Energy Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of McBride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of Invinity Energy Systems 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.

Does the media prefer MCB or IES?

In the previous week, McBride had 10 more articles in the media than Invinity Energy Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for Invinity Energy Systems. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Invinity Energy Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McBride	Neutral
Invinity Energy Systems	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, MCB or IES?

McBride has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invinity Energy Systems has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MCB or IES more profitable?

McBride has a net margin of 3.56% compared to Invinity Energy Systems' net margin of -237.38%. McBride's return on equity of 66.27% beat Invinity Energy Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McBride	3.56%	66.27%	8.54%
Invinity Energy Systems	-237.38%	-34.77%	-18.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MCB or IES?

McBride received 455 more outperform votes than Invinity Energy Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Invinity Energy Systems an outperform vote while only 77.18% of users gave McBride an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McBride	Outperform Votes 470 77.18%	Underperform Votes 139 22.82%
Invinity Energy Systems	Outperform Votes 15 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

McBride beats Invinity Energy Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.