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.
Image Scan (LON:IGE) and Westminster Group (LON:WSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
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.
Image Scan has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westminster Group has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Westminster Group had 3 more articles in the media than Image Scan. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Westminster Group and 0 mentions for Image Scan. Image Scan's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Westminster Group's score of -0.53 indicating that Image Scan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Image Scan has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Image Scan received 75 more outperform votes than Westminster Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.30% of users gave Image Scan an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Westminster Group an outperform vote.
10.9% of Image Scan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Westminster Group shares are held by institutional investors. 81.6% of Image Scan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Westminster Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Image Scan beats Westminster Group on 9 of the 15 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 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
