Liberty Defense (DETX) & Its Rivals Critical Review

Liberty Defense (NASDAQ:DETX) is one of 376 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Liberty Defense to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Defense and its peers’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Liberty Defense and its peers, as reported 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 peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Defense has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.4% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Liberty Defense and its peers 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 peers have higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Defense. Liberty Defense is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Liberty Defense peers 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.