SDI vs. QTX, SRT, KMK, RMS, ONDO, TRAK, OTAQ, PIP, NNN, and MSYS
Should you be buying SDI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SDI Group include Quartix Technologies (QTX), SRT Marine Systems (SRT), Kromek Group (KMK), Remote Monitored Systems (RMS), Ondo InsurTech (ONDO), Trakm8 (TRAK), OTAQ (OTAQ), PipeHawk (PIP), nanosynth group (NNN), and Microsaic Systems (MSYS). These companies are all part of the "scientific & technical instruments" industry.
SDI Group (LON:SDI) and Quartix Technologies (LON:QTX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Quartix Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SDI Group. Quartix Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SDI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SDI Group had 4 more articles in the media than Quartix Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SDI Group and 1 mentions for Quartix Technologies. Quartix Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat SDI Group's score of -0.43 indicating that Quartix Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
71.5% of SDI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of Quartix Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of SDI Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of Quartix Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Quartix Technologies received 10 more outperform votes than SDI Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave Quartix Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.12% of users gave SDI Group an outperform vote.
SDI Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quartix Technologies has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SDI Group has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Quartix Technologies' net margin of -3.04%. SDI Group's return on equity of 3.93% beat Quartix Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
SDI Group beats Quartix Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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