ASUR vs. CSPI, PLMI, TZOO, TLS, UIS, STRM, OSPN, DMRC, RBBN, and ULBI
Should you be buying Asure Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asure Software include CSP (CSPI), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Travelzoo (TZOO), Telos (TLS), Unisys (UIS), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), OneSpan (OSPN), Digimarc (DMRC), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and Ultralife (ULBI).
CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI) and Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
CSP has a net margin of 8.18% compared to CSP's net margin of -8.38%. Asure Software's return on equity of 10.99% beat CSP's return on equity.
CSP has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asure Software has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Asure Software had 4 more articles in the media than CSP. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Asure Software and 3 mentions for CSP. Asure Software's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat CSP's score of 0.98 indicating that CSP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.7% of CSP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Asure Software shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of CSP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Asure Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Asure Software received 152 more outperform votes than CSP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Asure Software an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave CSP an outperform vote.
CSP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Asure Software. Asure Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Asure Software has a consensus price target of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 76.78%. Given CSP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Asure Software is more favorable than CSP.
Summary
CSP beats Asure Software on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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