ASUR vs. TLS, CSPI, PLMI, TZOO, STRM, UIS, OSPN, COMM, TCX, and MX
Should you be buying Asure Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asure Software include Telos (TLS), CSP (CSPI), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Travelzoo (TZOO), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), Unisys (UIS), OneSpan (OSPN), CommScope (COMM), Tucows (TCX), and Magnachip Semiconductor (MX).
Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) and Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Asure Software received 297 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.71% of users gave Asure Software an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave Telos an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Asure Software had 15 more articles in the media than Telos. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Asure Software and 2 mentions for Telos. Telos' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Asure Software's score of 0.00 indicating that Asure Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Asure Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telos. Asure Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Asure Software shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Telos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Asure Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Telos presently has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. Asure Software has a consensus price target of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 91.02%. Given Telos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Asure Software is more favorable than Telos.
Asure Software has a net margin of -7.74% compared to Asure Software's net margin of -23.68%. Telos' return on equity of 4.30% beat Asure Software's return on equity.
Telos has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asure Software has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Asure Software beats Telos on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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