iomart Group (IOM) Competitors

iomart Group (LON:IOM) and Seeing Machines (LON:SEE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Is IOM or SEE more profitable?

iomart Group has a net margin of 5.07% compared to Seeing Machines' net margin of -46.25%. iomart Group's return on equity of 5.24% beat Seeing Machines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iomart Group	5.07%	5.24%	3.90%
Seeing Machines	-46.25%	-45.70%	-13.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IOM or SEE?

iomart Group received 140 more outperform votes than Seeing Machines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.94% of users gave iomart Group an outperform vote while only 54.04% of users gave Seeing Machines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iomart Group	Outperform Votes 314 74.94%	Underperform Votes 105 25.06%
Seeing Machines	Outperform Votes 174 54.04%	Underperform Votes 148 45.96%

Do analysts recommend IOM or SEE?

iomart Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 481.76%. Given iomart Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe iomart Group is more favorable than Seeing Machines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iomart Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Seeing Machines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IOM or SEE?

iomart Group has higher revenue and earnings than Seeing Machines. Seeing Machines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iomart Group, 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
iomart Group	£133.95M	0.28	£6.79M	£5.51	5.77
Seeing Machines	£101.15M	1.34	-£46.78M	-£0.59	-3.67

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IOM or SEE?

60.7% of iomart Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.1% of Seeing Machines shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of iomart Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Seeing Machines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, IOM or SEE?

iomart Group has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seeing Machines has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to IOM or SEE?

In the previous week, Seeing Machines had 2 more articles in the media than iomart Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Seeing Machines and 0 mentions for iomart Group. iomart Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Seeing Machines' score of -0.52 indicating that iomart Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
iomart Group	Neutral
Seeing Machines	Negative

Summary

iomart Group beats Seeing Machines on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.