Cantaloupe (CTLP) Competitors

Cantaloupe (NASDAQ:CTLP) and Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:HEAR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CTLP or HEAR?

75.8% of Cantaloupe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Cantaloupe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Turtle Beach shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CTLP or HEAR?

Cantaloupe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Turtle Beach. Turtle Beach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cantaloupe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cantaloupe	$243.64M	2.04	$630K	$0.16	42.75
Turtle Beach	$258.12M	1.28	-$17.68M	-$0.66	-23.23

Does the media prefer CTLP or HEAR?

In the previous week, Cantaloupe and Cantaloupe both had 1 articles in the media. Cantaloupe's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Turtle Beach's score of -0.50 indicating that Cantaloupe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cantaloupe	Positive
Turtle Beach	Negative

Which has more risk & volatility, CTLP or HEAR?

Cantaloupe has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CTLP or HEAR?

Cantaloupe presently has a consensus price target of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 44.58%. Turtle Beach has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.29%. Given Turtle Beach's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Cantaloupe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cantaloupe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Turtle Beach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTLP or HEAR?

Turtle Beach received 161 more outperform votes than Cantaloupe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.71% of users gave Turtle Beach an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Cantaloupe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cantaloupe	Outperform Votes 290 59.18%	Underperform Votes 200 40.82%
Turtle Beach	Outperform Votes 451 69.71%	Underperform Votes 196 30.29%

Is CTLP or HEAR more profitable?

Cantaloupe has a net margin of 4.85% compared to Turtle Beach's net margin of -4.12%. Cantaloupe's return on equity of 7.36% beat Turtle Beach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cantaloupe	4.85%	7.36%	4.16%
Turtle Beach	-4.12%	2.22%	1.12%

Summary

Cantaloupe beats Turtle Beach on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.