NXQ vs. CNC, XAR, TST, ECK, AMO, GHT, RTHM, TRCS, VID, and ELCO
Should you be buying Nexteq stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexteq include Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Xaar (XAR), Touchstar (TST), Eckoh (ECK), Amino Technologies (AMO), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Rhythmone (RTHM), Tracsis (TRCS), Videndum (VID), and Eleco (ELCO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Nexteq vs.
Nexteq (LON:NXQ) and Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Concurrent Technologies received 43 more outperform votes than Nexteq when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Nexteq an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.
40.7% of Nexteq shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 46.1% of Nexteq shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Nexteq's net margin of 9.83%. Concurrent Technologies' return on equity of 16.33% beat Nexteq's return on equity.
Nexteq has higher revenue and earnings than Concurrent Technologies. Nexteq is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nexteq currently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 186.74%. Given Nexteq's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Nexteq is more favorable than Concurrent Technologies.
Nexteq has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Nexteq. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Nexteq. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Nexteq's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nexteq pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Nexteq pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Concurrent Technologies pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Nexteq beats Concurrent Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NXQ) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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