TRUE vs. SYNC, JG, KIND, HSTM, EVER, YALA, BLND, VMEO, SMWB, and DSP
Should you be buying TrueCar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrueCar include Synacor (SYNC), Aurora Mobile (JG), Nextdoor (KIND), HealthStream (HSTM), EverQuote (EVER), Yalla Group (YALA), Blend Labs (BLND), Vimeo (VMEO), Similarweb (SMWB), and Viant Technology (DSP).
Synacor (NASDAQ:SYNC) and TrueCar (NASDAQ:TRUE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, TrueCar had 1 more articles in the media than Synacor. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TrueCar and 0 mentions for Synacor. Synacor's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat TrueCar's score of 0.00 indicating that TrueCar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TrueCar received 287 more outperform votes than Synacor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.75% of users gave Synacor an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave TrueCar an outperform vote.
Synacor has a net margin of -14.55% compared to Synacor's net margin of -22.15%. Synacor's return on equity of -17.26% beat TrueCar's return on equity.
TrueCar has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.69%. Given Synacor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TrueCar is more favorable than Synacor.
26.2% of Synacor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of TrueCar shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.0% of Synacor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of TrueCar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Synacor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TrueCar.
Synacor has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrueCar has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TrueCar beats Synacor on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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