Senvest Capital (SEC) Competitors

Senvest Capital (TSE:SEC) and Westaim (CVE:WED) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is SEC or WED more profitable?

Westaim has a net margin of 61.76% compared to Senvest Capital's net margin of -0.46%. Westaim's return on equity of 13.13% beat Senvest Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Senvest Capital	-0.46%	-0.04%	1.01%
Westaim	61.76%	13.13%	7.60%

Which has more volatility & risk, SEC or WED?

Senvest Capital has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westaim has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SEC or WED?

In the previous week, Senvest Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Westaim. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Senvest Capital and 0 mentions for Westaim. Senvest Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Westaim's score of 0.00 indicating that Senvest Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Senvest Capital	Positive
Westaim	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SEC or WED?

Westaim received 30 more outperform votes than Senvest Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Senvest Capital an outperform vote while only 69.28% of users gave Westaim an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Senvest Capital	Outperform Votes 76 70.37%	Underperform Votes 32 29.63%
Westaim	Outperform Votes 106 69.28%	Underperform Votes 47 30.72%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEC or WED?

12.1% of Westaim shares are held by institutional investors. 61.1% of Senvest Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Westaim shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SEC or WED?

Senvest Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Westaim. Senvest Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westaim, 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
Senvest Capital	C$162.84M	5.69	C$92.17M	-C$0.33	-1,145.45
Westaim	C$104.22M	36.25	C$64.37M	C$0.65	45.35

Summary

Westaim beats Senvest Capital on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.