Analyzing Liberty Defense (DETX) and Its Competitors

Liberty Defense (NASDAQ:DETX) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Liberty Defense to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Liberty Defense and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Defense	$1.50 million	-$14.13 million	-2.68
Liberty Defense Competitors	$4.02 billion	$183.66 million	-4.24

Liberty Defense’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Defense. Liberty Defense is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Liberty Defense and its competitors, 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	1967	7376	10104	610	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 13.78%. Given Liberty Defense’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Defense has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

43.8% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Defense and its competitors’ 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	-203.78%	-149.67%	-7.19%

Summary

Liberty Defense competitors beat Liberty Defense on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Liberty Defense

Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. provides multi-technology security solutions for concealed weapons detection in high volume foot traffic areas and locations requiring enhanced security such as airports, stadiums, schools and more. Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. is based in WILMINGTON, Mass.