CRNC vs. AEYE, EGAN, KLTR, CANG, DOMO, ONTF, PRCH, RDVT, CTV, and CMCM
Should you be buying Cerence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerence include AudioEye (AEYE), eGain (EGAN), Kaltura (KLTR), Cango (CANG), Domo (DOMO), ON24 (ONTF), Porch Group (PRCH), Red Violet (RDVT), Innovid (CTV), and Cheetah Mobile (CMCM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) and AudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Cerence received 1 more outperform votes than AudioEye when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.39% of users gave AudioEye an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cerence had 5 more articles in the media than AudioEye. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cerence and 4 mentions for AudioEye. AudioEye's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Cerence's score of 0.42 indicating that AudioEye is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AudioEye has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cerence. AudioEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cerence has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioEye has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cerence presently has a consensus target price of $10.08, indicating a potential upside of 106.20%. AudioEye has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.28%. Given Cerence's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cerence is more favorable than AudioEye.
AudioEye has a net margin of -14.83% compared to Cerence's net margin of -80.93%. Cerence's return on equity of 3.66% beat AudioEye's return on equity.
91.4% of Cerence shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of AudioEye shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Cerence shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.7% of AudioEye shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Cerence and AudioEye tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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