EGIO vs. MCHX, STCN, ICLK, DHX, ZFOX, OOMA, OPRX, REFR, CUTR, and GAN
Should you be buying Edgio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edgio include Marchex (MCHX), Steel Connect (STCN), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), DHI Group (DHX), ZeroFox (ZFOX), Ooma (OOMA), OptimizeRx (OPRX), Research Frontiers (REFR), Cutera (CUTR), and GAN (GAN).
Edgio (NASDAQ:EGIO) and Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
23.2% of Edgio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Marchex shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Edgio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Marchex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marchex received 308 more outperform votes than Edgio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.93% of users gave Marchex an outperform vote while only 6.25% of users gave Edgio an outperform vote.
Edgio currently has a consensus price target of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 254.23%. Given Edgio's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Edgio is more favorable than Marchex.
Marchex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Edgio. Marchex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edgio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Marchex had 10 more articles in the media than Edgio. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Marchex and 2 mentions for Edgio. Edgio's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Marchex's score of 0.18 indicating that Edgio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marchex has a net margin of -13.97% compared to Edgio's net margin of -35.10%. Marchex's return on equity of -14.94% beat Edgio's return on equity.
Edgio has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marchex has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marchex beats Edgio on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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