Head-To-Head Contrast: Liberty Defense (DETX) versus The Competition

Liberty Defense (NASDAQ:DETX) is one of 377 publicly-traded 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 risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations 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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.6% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings 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	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 plainly believe Liberty Defense has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

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

Summary

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