Financial Comparison: Liberty Defense (DETX) & Its Competitors

Liberty Defense (NASDAQ:DETX) is one of 376 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Liberty Defense to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.5% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings 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	2052	7633	10469	668	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 34.55%. Given Liberty Defense’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Defense has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	-139.38%	-23.97%	-6.40%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Defense	$1.50 million	-$14.13 million	-0.66
Liberty Defense Competitors	$4.06 billion	$173.71 million	4.02

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.

Summary

Liberty Defense rivals beat Liberty Defense on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About Liberty Defense

Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. is a security technology company focused on developing and commercializing systems designed to detect concealed weapons and other threats. Its technology is intended to help protect public venues, transportation facilities, schools, government buildings, critical infrastructure and other high-traffic environments. The company’s primary product is HEXWAVE, an artificial-intelligence-enabled, three-dimensional radar screening system designed to identify concealed weapons and other objects without requiring individuals to pass through a traditional metal detector.