ISPR vs. XXII, HPCO, PM, MO, BTI, RLX, VGR, DSGR, MEG, and IAS
Should you be buying Ispire Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ispire Technology include 22nd Century Group (XXII), Hempacco (HPCO), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), RLX Technology (RLX), Vector Group (VGR), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), and Integral Ad Science (IAS).
Ispire Technology (NASDAQ:ISPR) and 22nd Century Group (NASDAQ:XXII) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Ispire Technology has higher revenue and earnings than 22nd Century Group. Ispire Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 22nd Century Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ispire Technology and Ispire Technology both had 4 articles in the media. Ispire Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat 22nd Century Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Ispire Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ispire Technology presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.81%. 22nd Century Group has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 11,254.60%. Given 22nd Century Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 22nd Century Group is more favorable than Ispire Technology.
22nd Century Group received 353 more outperform votes than Ispire Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ispire Technology an outperform vote while only 68.93% of users gave 22nd Century Group an outperform vote.
Ispire Technology has a net margin of -8.79% compared to 22nd Century Group's net margin of -167.13%. 22nd Century Group's return on equity of 50.46% beat Ispire Technology's return on equity.
5.0% of Ispire Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of 22nd Century Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.2% of Ispire Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of 22nd Century Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ispire Technology beats 22nd Century Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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