Head-To-Head Survey: Liberty Defense (DETX) and Its Peers

Liberty Defense (NASDAQ:DETX) 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 profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

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	-243.61%	-147.22%	-6.79%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Liberty Defense and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Defense	$1.36 million	N/A	-2.20
Liberty Defense Competitors	$3.95 billion	$184.71 million	26.22

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 Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Liberty Defense and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Defense	1	0	0	0	1.00
Liberty Defense Competitors	1956	7347	10036	605	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 15.11%. Given Liberty Defense’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Defense has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.6% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Liberty Defense rivals beat Liberty Defense on 8 of the 11 factors compared.