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INSPECS Group (SPEC) Competitors

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GBX 57 -1.50 (-2.56%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

SPEC vs. TSTL, BVC, AKR, CNSL, ODX, CTEC, AMS, VRP, BVXP, and INS

Should you be buying INSPECS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INSPECS Group include Tristel (TSTL), BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Akers Biosciences (AKR), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Omega Diagnostics Group (ODX), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Bioventix (BVXP), and Instem (INS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

INSPECS Group vs.

INSPECS Group (LON:SPEC) and Tristel (LON:TSTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

INSPECS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. INSPECS Group pays out -32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tristel pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

67.8% of INSPECS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Tristel shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of INSPECS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Tristel shares are held 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.

Tristel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INSPECS Group. INSPECS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tristel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
INSPECS Group£195.14M0.30-£4.11M-£3.07-18.57
Tristel£39.49M5.31£6.04M£0.133,384.62

Tristel received 143 more outperform votes than INSPECS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave INSPECS Group an outperform vote while only 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
INSPECS GroupOutperform Votes
5
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
TristelOutperform Votes
148
57.36%
Underperform Votes
110
42.64%

In the previous week, Tristel had 2 more articles in the media than INSPECS Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tristel and 0 mentions for INSPECS Group. Tristel's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat INSPECS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Tristel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
INSPECS Group Neutral
Tristel Neutral

INSPECS Group has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tristel has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tristel has a net margin of 15.29% compared to INSPECS Group's net margin of -2.11%. Tristel's return on equity of 20.35% beat INSPECS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
INSPECS Group-2.11% -3.95% 0.45%
Tristel 15.29%20.35%9.89%

Summary

Tristel beats INSPECS Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SPEC vs. The Competition

MetricINSPECS GroupMedical Instruments & Supplies IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£57.95M£2.89B£5.07B£1.59B
Dividend Yield2.00%2.01%5.09%6.99%
P/E Ratio-18.57343.87101.941,725.19
Price / Sales0.30169.361,197.29243,477.65
Price / Cash1.63146.5440.9627.29
Price / Book0.573.116.332.93
Net Income-£4.11M£91.96M£119.64M£156.92M
7 Day Performance-7.32%-0.14%-5.13%-0.62%
1 Month Performance3.17%-0.72%-2.72%3.25%
1 Year Performance-32.94%4.66%31.06%121.00%

INSPECS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPEC
INSPECS Group
N/AGBX 57
-2.6%
N/A-32.9%£57.95M£195.14M-18.571,673
TSTL
Tristel
N/AGBX 452.50
+1.1%
N/A+5.4%£215.62M£39.49M3,480.77208
BVC
BATM Advanced Communications
N/AGBX 19
+2.8%
N/A-8.1%£82.88M£122.70M2,800.00980Gap Up
AKR
Akers Biosciences
N/AGBX 57.50
flat
N/AN/A£21.64M£2.32M-0.44120
CNSL
Cambridge Nutritional Sciences
N/AGBX 3.20
flat
N/AN/A£7.61M£9.77M-362.103,200
ODX
Omega Diagnostics Group
N/AGBX 2.20
flat
N/AN/A£5.23M£7.55M-220.0091Gap Down
CTEC
ConvaTec Group
2.3807 of 5 stars
N/AN/A+9.8%£5.26B£2.20B4,406.6710,000News Coverage
AMS
Advanced Medical Solutions Group
2.3852 of 5 stars
GBX 215.50
-4.2%
N/A-4.5%£462.36M£131.11M4,310.0010Insider Selling
News Coverage
Gap Up
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AGBX 55
+5.8%
N/A+0.0%£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 3,900
-1.3%
N/A+3.4%£203.58M£13.60M2,392.6412News Coverage
High Trading Volume
INS
Instem
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£199.62M£61.63M5,928.57500

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This page (LON:SPEC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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