Liberty Defense (NASDAQ:DETX – Get Free Report) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Liberty Defense to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
43.6% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Liberty Defense and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Liberty Defense | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Liberty Defense Competitors | -243.46% | -147.01% | -6.77% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Liberty Defense | $1.36 million | N/A | -2.25 |
| Liberty Defense Competitors | $4.01 billion | $184.93 million | 26.46 |
Liberty Defense’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Defense. Liberty Defense is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Liberty Defense and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Liberty Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Liberty Defense Competitors | 1959 | 7361 | 10069 | 607 | 2.47 |
As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 12.53%. Given Liberty Defense’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Defense has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Summary
Liberty Defense rivals beat Liberty Defense on 8 of the 11 factors compared.
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