STCN vs. OLB, HGBL, RSSS, MCHX, EGIO, NCTY, DHX, XELA, ZFOX, and OPRX
Should you be buying Steel Connect stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Connect include The OLB Group (OLB), Heritage Global (HGBL), Research Solutions (RSSS), Marchex (MCHX), Edgio (EGIO), The9 (NCTY), DHI Group (DHX), Exela Technologies (XELA), ZeroFox (ZFOX), and OptimizeRx (OPRX).
Steel Connect (NASDAQ:STCN) and The OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
47.3% of Steel Connect shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of The OLB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Steel Connect shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of The OLB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Steel Connect had 2 more articles in the media than The OLB Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Steel Connect and 3 mentions for The OLB Group. Steel Connect's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat The OLB Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Steel Connect is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steel Connect received 160 more outperform votes than The OLB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave The OLB Group an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Steel Connect an outperform vote.
Steel Connect has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The OLB Group has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Connect has higher revenue and earnings than The OLB Group. The OLB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Connect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Connect has a net margin of 12.23% compared to The OLB Group's net margin of -75.81%. Steel Connect's return on equity of 39.04% beat The OLB Group's return on equity.
Summary
Steel Connect beats The OLB Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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