Zytronic (ZYT) Competitors

Zytronic (LON:ZYT) and CAP-XX (LON:CPX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ZYT or CPX?

Zytronic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CAP-XX. Zytronic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAP-XX, 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
Zytronic	£7.20M	0.62	-£1.29M	-£12.72	-3.47
CAP-XX	£67.87M	0.19	-£88.46M	-£0.42	-0.27

Which has more risk & volatility, ZYT or CPX?

Zytronic has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAP-XX has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ZYT or CPX?

In the previous week, Zytronic had 1 more articles in the media than CAP-XX. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Zytronic and 0 mentions for CAP-XX. CAP-XX's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Zytronic's score of -0.64 indicating that CAP-XX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zytronic	Negative
CAP-XX	Neutral

Is ZYT or CPX more profitable?

Zytronic has a net margin of -17.96% compared to CAP-XX's net margin of -130.34%. Zytronic's return on equity of -9.83% beat CAP-XX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zytronic	-17.96%	-9.83%	-7.43%
CAP-XX	-130.34%	-107.46%	-54.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZYT or CPX?

Zytronic received 73 more outperform votes than CAP-XX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave Zytronic an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave CAP-XX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zytronic	Outperform Votes 137 60.89%	Underperform Votes 88 39.11%
CAP-XX	Outperform Votes 64 36.36%	Underperform Votes 112 63.64%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ZYT or CPX?

36.5% of Zytronic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of CAP-XX shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of Zytronic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of CAP-XX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Zytronic beats CAP-XX on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.