Image Scan (IGE) Competitors

Image Scan (LON:IGE) and Thruvision Group (LON:THRU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IGE or THRU?

Image Scan has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Thruvision Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Image Scan	£2.56M	1.42	N/A	N/A	N/A
Thruvision Group	£7.81M	1.43	-£2.85M	-£0.02	-350.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IGE or THRU?

10.9% of Image Scan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of Thruvision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 81.6% of Image Scan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Thruvision Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is IGE or THRU more profitable?

Image Scan has a net margin of -0.43% compared to Thruvision Group's net margin of -36.42%. Image Scan's return on equity of -0.79% beat Thruvision Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Image Scan	-0.43%	-0.79%	-1.19%
Thruvision Group	-36.42%	-32.38%	-15.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IGE or THRU?

Image Scan received 78 more outperform votes than Thruvision Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.30% of users gave Image Scan an outperform vote while only 72.94% of users gave Thruvision Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Image Scan	Outperform Votes 140 73.30%	Underperform Votes 51 26.70%
Thruvision Group	Outperform Votes 62 72.94%	Underperform Votes 23 27.06%

Which has more risk & volatility, IGE or THRU?

Image Scan has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thruvision Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IGE or THRU?

In the previous week, Image Scan's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Thruvision Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Image Scan	Neutral
Thruvision Group	Neutral

Summary

Image Scan beats Thruvision Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.