Xaar (XAR) Competitors

Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) and Xaar (LON:XAR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNC or XAR?

Xaar received 221 more outperform votes than Concurrent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave Xaar an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Concurrent Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concurrent Technologies	Outperform Votes 51 56.67%	Underperform Votes 39 43.33%
Xaar	Outperform Votes 272 59.52%	Underperform Votes 185 40.48%

Is CNC or XAR more profitable?

Concurrent Technologies has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Xaar's net margin of -5.32%. Concurrent Technologies' return on equity of 16.33% beat Xaar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	16.33%	8.31%
Xaar	-5.32%	-4.87%	-3.65%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CNC or XAR?

24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Xaar shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Xaar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CNC or XAR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concurrent Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Xaar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to CNC or XAR?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Xaar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 0 mentions for Xaar. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Xaar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concurrent Technologies	Neutral
Xaar	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CNC or XAR?

Concurrent Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xaar. Xaar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concurrent Technologies, 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
Concurrent Technologies	£36.32M	2.93	£5.04M	£0.06	2,073.33
Xaar	£64.74M	1.05	-£3.44M	-£0.04	-2,145.40

Is CNC or XAR a better dividend stock?

Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Xaar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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. Xaar pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xaar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CNC or XAR?

Concurrent Technologies has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xaar has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Concurrent Technologies beats Xaar on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.