Versarien (VRS) Competitors

Billing Services Group (LON:BILL) and Versarien (LON:VRS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BILL or VRS?

0.1% of Versarien shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Versarien shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BILL or VRS?

In the previous week, Versarien had 1 more articles in the media than Billing Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Versarien and 0 mentions for Billing Services Group. Billing Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Versarien's score of -1.29 indicating that Billing Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Billing Services Group	Neutral
Versarien	Negative

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BILL or VRS?

Billing Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Versarien. Versarien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Billing Services 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
Billing Services Group	£14.80M	0.00	N/A	-£4.40	N/A
Versarien	£5.32M	0.11	-£11.98M	-£0.04	-0.65

Is BILL or VRS more profitable?

Billing Services Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Versarien's net margin of -225.06%. Billing Services Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Versarien's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Billing Services Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Versarien	-225.06%	-216.70%	-26.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BILL or VRS?

Versarien received 119 more outperform votes than Billing Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.61% of users gave Versarien an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Billing Services Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Billing Services Group	Outperform Votes 50 64.10%	Underperform Votes 28 35.90%
Versarien	Outperform Votes 169 71.61%	Underperform Votes 67 28.39%

Summary

Billing Services Group and Versarien tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.