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Northamber (NAR) Competitors

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GBX 28.67 -0.33 (-1.15%)
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NAR vs. SCT, MIDW, GETB, TPX, IND, CHSS, KBT, CRTA, SMRT, and GST

Should you be buying Northamber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northamber include Softcat (SCT), Midwich Group (MIDW), GetBusy (GETB), TPXimpact (TPX), IndigoVision Group plc (IND.L) (IND), World Chess (CHSS), K3 Business Technology Group (KBT), Cirata (CRTA), Smartspace Software (SMRT), and GSTechnologies (GST). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Northamber vs.

Northamber (LON:NAR) and Softcat (LON:SCT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Softcat has higher revenue and earnings than Northamber. Northamber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Softcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northamber£62.77M0.13N/A-£0.02-1,450.00
Softcat£940.05M3.37£113.23M£0.562,839.29

Northamber has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Softcat has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Softcat has a consensus price target of GBX 1,474, suggesting a potential downside of 7.30%. Given Softcat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Softcat is more favorable than Northamber.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northamber
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Softcat
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

In the previous week, Softcat had 2 more articles in the media than Northamber. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Softcat and 0 mentions for Northamber. Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Northamber's score of 0.00 indicating that Softcat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Northamber Neutral
Softcat Positive

7.3% of Northamber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. 78.3% of Northamber shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.6% of Softcat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Softcat has a net margin of 12.04% compared to Northamber's net margin of -0.91%. Softcat's return on equity of 50.40% beat Northamber's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northamber-0.91% -2.41% -1.38%
Softcat 12.04%50.40%13.64%

Northamber pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Softcat pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Northamber pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Softcat pays out 4,642.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northamber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Softcat received 266 more outperform votes than Northamber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Northamber an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NorthamberOutperform Votes
33
61.11%
Underperform Votes
21
38.89%
SoftcatOutperform Votes
299
70.69%
Underperform Votes
124
29.31%

Summary

Softcat beats Northamber on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NAR vs. The Competition

MetricNorthamberElectronics & Computer Distribution IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.95M£1.16B£23.79B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.76%3.66%2.78%11.69%
P/E Ratio-1,450.00841.05269.471,563.27
Price / Sales0.13123.893,474.14216,146.60
Price / Cash2.5916.4132.6933.32
Price / Book0.344.977.392.83
Net IncomeN/A£67.86M£662.69M£153.85M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.94%0.23%-0.54%
1 Month Performance-12.12%-1.61%0.81%7.33%
1 Year Performance-34.09%0.03%18.72%93.52%

Northamber Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAR
Northamber
N/AGBX 28.67
-1.2%
N/A-36.2%£7.86M£62.77M-1,433.30108Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
SCT
Softcat
0.8171 of 5 stars
GBX 1,589
-0.1%
GBX 1,474
-7.2%
+22.1%£3.17B£940.05M2,821.432,315
MIDW
Midwich Group
2.8845 of 5 stars
GBX 280.40
-1.6%
GBX 620
+121.1%
-26.4%£286.88M£1.32B1,295.451,900Negative News
GETB
GetBusy
N/AGBX 62
+4.2%
N/A+8.8%£31.43M£21.33M6,200.00147Gap Up
TPX
TPXimpact
N/AGBX 33.20
-6.5%
N/A-9.9%£30.32M£84.27M-142.7112,000Gap Down
IND
IndigoVision Group plc (IND.L)
N/AGBX 391
flat
N/A+0.0%£28.69M£50.18M17.38124
CHSS
World Chess
N/AGBX 4
+6.7%
N/AN/A£27.67M£2.33M-400.007Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KBT
K3 Business Technology Group
N/AGBX 61.50
flat
N/A-45.6%£27.50M£38.98M-1,230.00322Gap Down
CRTA
Cirata
N/AGBX 21.60
-1.8%
N/AN/A£27.20M£7.14M-190.91112Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SMRT
Smartspace Software
N/AGBX 90
flat
N/A+122.2%£26.05M£5.43M-1,500.00640
GST
GSTechnologies
N/AGBX 1.28
-10.4%
N/A+6.1%£25.16M£1.55M-3.3548Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:NAR) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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