Water Intelligence (WATR) Competitors

De La Rue (LON:DLAR) and Water Intelligence (LON:WATR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DLAR or WATR?

Water Intelligence has lower revenue, but higher earnings than De La Rue. De La Rue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Water Intelligence, 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
De La Rue	£310.30M	0.62	-£20M	-£0.10	-988.00
Water Intelligence	£78.83M	0.92	£4.85M	£0.21	1,976.19

Does the media refer more to DLAR or WATR?

In the previous week, De La Rue had 3 more articles in the media than Water Intelligence. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for De La Rue and 2 mentions for Water Intelligence. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of -0.07 beat Water Intelligence's score of -0.11 indicating that De La Rue is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
De La Rue	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Water Intelligence	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DLAR or WATR?

66.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.7% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, DLAR or WATR?

De La Rue has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Water Intelligence has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DLAR or WATR?

De La Rue received 21 more outperform votes than Water Intelligence when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.83% of users gave Water Intelligence an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
De La Rue	Outperform Votes 180 64.98%	Underperform Votes 97 35.02%
Water Intelligence	Outperform Votes 159 68.83%	Underperform Votes 72 31.17%

Is DLAR or WATR more profitable?

Water Intelligence has a net margin of 6.15% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. Water Intelligence's return on equity of 8.15% beat De La Rue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
De La Rue	-6.45%	-151.59%	3.47%
Water Intelligence	6.15%	8.15%	4.88%

Summary

Water Intelligence beats De La Rue on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.