IGE vs. WSG, NWT, MORT, PEG, THRU, FLX, UVEL, SPRP, GFS, and LSC
Should you be buying Image Scan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Image Scan include Westminster Group (WSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Mortice (MORT), Petards Group (PEG), Thruvision Group (THRU), Falanx Group (FLX), UniVision Engineering (UVEL), Sprue Aegis (SPRP), G4S (GFS), and London Security (LSC). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry.
Image Scan vs. Its Competitors
Westminster Group (LON:WSG) and Image Scan (LON:IGE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Image Scan has a net margin of -0.43% compared to Westminster Group's net margin of -46.95%. Image Scan's return on equity of -0.71% beat Westminster Group's return on equity.
6.8% of Westminster Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Image Scan shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Westminster Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 81.6% of Image Scan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Image Scan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Westminster Group. Image Scan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westminster Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Westminster Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Image Scan'saverage media sentiment score.
Westminster Group has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Image Scan has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Image Scan beats Westminster Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:IGE) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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