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C$2.20 +0.04 (+1.85%)
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ROOT vs. STC, CNC, PIH, KFS, AXV, MXX, BRO, ANK, AGO, and FAF

Should you be buying Roots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roots include Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Axion Ventures (AXV), MATRRIX Energy Technologies (MXX), Barksdale Resources (BRO), Angkor Resources (ANK), Big Tree Carbon (AGO), and Fire & Flower (FAF). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Roots vs.

Sangoma Technologies (TSE:STC) and Roots (TSE:ROOT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Sangoma Technologies has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roots has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

38.4% of Sangoma Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Roots shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Sangoma Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Roots shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Roots has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Sangoma Technologies' net margin of -3.50%. Roots' return on equity of 0.58% beat Sangoma Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sangoma Technologies-3.50% -3.29% -0.16%
Roots 0.39%0.58%2.29%

Roots received 47 more outperform votes than Sangoma Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Sangoma Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave Roots an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sangoma TechnologiesOutperform Votes
140
64.52%
Underperform Votes
77
35.48%
RootsOutperform Votes
187
59.37%
Underperform Votes
128
40.63%

Roots has higher revenue and earnings than Sangoma Technologies. Sangoma Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sangoma TechnologiesC$247.28M1.36-C$8.66M-C$0.36-27.92
RootsC$256.98M0.34C$1.01MC$0.01220.00

In the previous week, Sangoma Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Roots'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sangoma Technologies Neutral
Roots Neutral

Sangoma Technologies currently has a consensus target price of C$10.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. Roots has a consensus target price of C$3.25, indicating a potential upside of 47.73%. Given Roots' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roots is more favorable than Sangoma Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sangoma Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Roots
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Roots beats Sangoma Technologies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ROOT vs. The Competition

MetricRootsApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$88.55MC$3.60BC$3.05BC$6.09B
Dividend YieldN/A3.22%3.72%5.40%
P/E Ratio220.00170.09344.3125.88
Price / Sales0.3445.40322.941,406.76
Price / Cash14.2223.0929.8582.59
Price / Book0.503.303.273.15
Net IncomeC$1.01MC$205.30MC$287.79MC$294.23M
7 Day Performance2.80%-1.87%-0.11%1.56%
1 Month Performance11.68%-4.03%-0.61%-0.61%
1 Year Performance-7.56%6.75%8.99%36.22%

Roots Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Roots
2.1647 of 5 stars
C$2.20
+1.9%
C$3.25
+47.7%
-14.0%C$88.55MC$256.98M220.00760
STC
Sangoma Technologies
0.2437 of 5 stars
C$10.00
-2.0%
C$10.83
+8.3%
+150.6%C$335.40MC$247.28M-27.781,342
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.92
-2.1%
N/A-19.3%C$166.71MN/A-15.3374,300Gap Down
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080
MXX
MATRRIX Energy Technologies
N/AC$0.31
+3.3%
N/A+0.0%C$40.80MC$23.15M-16.32122
BRO
Barksdale Resources
0.4285 of 5 stars
C$0.18
+5.9%
C$0.85
+372.2%
-59.0%C$24.05MN/A-3.0015,200Gap Up
ANK
Angkor Resources
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+11.1%C$18.45MN/A-10.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
AGO
Big Tree Carbon
N/AC$0.15
flat
N/A+0.0%C$16.91MN/A-7.89410
FAF
Fire & Flower
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$13.09MC$170.21M-0.1421,200Gap Up
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This page (TSE:ROOT) was last updated on 1/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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