FLNT vs. PSQH, TZOO, DRCT, IZEA, INUV, STBX, LDWY, MOBQ, IDW, and QUOT
Should you be buying Fluent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fluent include PSQ (PSQH), Travelzoo (TZOO), Direct Digital (DRCT), IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), Inuvo (INUV), Starbox Group (STBX), Lendway (LDWY), Mobiquity Technologies (MOBQ), IDW Media (IDW), and Quotient Technology (QUOT). These companies are all part of the "advertising" industry.
Fluent (NASDAQ:FLNT) and PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Fluent received 168 more outperform votes than PSQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave PSQ an outperform vote while only 47.50% of users gave Fluent an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PSQ had 2 more articles in the media than Fluent. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PSQ and 6 mentions for Fluent. Fluent's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat PSQ's score of -0.25 indicating that Fluent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fluent has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PSQ has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fluent presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 192.68%. PSQ has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Fluent's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fluent is more favorable than PSQ.
Fluent has a net margin of -14.15% compared to PSQ's net margin of -674.94%. Fluent's return on equity of -21.95% beat PSQ's return on equity.
PSQ has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fluent. Fluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PSQ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
23.3% of Fluent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of PSQ shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of Fluent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of PSQ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fluent beats PSQ on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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