AWRE vs. MRDB, NTWK, AILE, TWOU, SMSI, CLPS, LPSN, SEAC, MTBLY, and BLIN
Should you be buying Aware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aware include MariaDB (MRDB), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), iLearningEngines (AILE), 2U (TWOU), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), LivePerson (LPSN), SeaChange International (SEAC), Moatable (MTBLY), and Bridgeline Digital (BLIN). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) and MariaDB (NYSE:MRDB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Aware has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MariaDB has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aware has a net margin of -36.65% compared to MariaDB's net margin of -73.29%. MariaDB's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aware's return on equity.
Aware received 118 more outperform votes than MariaDB when rated by MarketBeat users.
Aware has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MariaDB. Aware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MariaDB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aware had 86 more articles in the media than MariaDB. MarketBeat recorded 87 mentions for Aware and 1 mentions for MariaDB. MariaDB's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Aware's score of -0.02 indicating that MariaDB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.4% of Aware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of MariaDB shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Aware shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of MariaDB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aware beats MariaDB on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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