Xaar (XAR) Competitors

Xaar (LON:XAR) and Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in XAR or CNC?

84.4% of Xaar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Xaar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Concurrent Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, XAR or CNC?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, XAR or CNC?

Concurrent Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Xaar	£64.74M	0.97	-£3.44M	-£0.04	-1,975.00
Concurrent Technologies	£36.32M	3.38	£5.04M	£0.06	2,391.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XAR or CNC?

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

Is XAR or CNC a better dividend stock?

Xaar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Concurrent Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Xaar pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is XAR or CNC 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
Xaar	-5.32%	-4.87%	-3.65%
Concurrent Technologies	13.89%	16.33%	8.31%

Does the media favor XAR or CNC?

In the previous week, Concurrent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Xaar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Concurrent Technologies and 1 mentions for Xaar. Concurrent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Xaar's score of 0.00 indicating that Concurrent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Xaar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Concurrent Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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