PHUN vs. DTST, CHR, BCOV, HTCR, LTRPA, TRVG, OOMA, INOD, TCX, and CUTR
Should you be buying Phunware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phunware include Data Storage (DTST), Cheer (CHR), Brightcove (BCOV), HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), trivago (TRVG), Ooma (OOMA), Innodata (INOD), Tucows (TCX), and Cutera (CUTR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) and Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Data Storage has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phunware has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Data Storage has a net margin of 1.53% compared to Data Storage's net margin of -257.36%. Phunware's return on equity of 1.96% beat Data Storage's return on equity.
11.6% of Data Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Phunware shares are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of Data Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Phunware shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Data Storage received 6 more outperform votes than Phunware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.12% of users gave Data Storage an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Phunware an outperform vote.
Data Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Phunware.
In the previous week, Phunware had 3 more articles in the media than Data Storage. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Phunware and 5 mentions for Data Storage. Phunware's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Data Storage's score of 0.59 indicating that Data Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Phunware has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 168.36%. Given Data Storage's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Phunware is more favorable than Data Storage.
Summary
Data Storage beats Phunware on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Phunware News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PHUN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PHUN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Phunware Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
