VRME vs. BNAI, SGLY, PRST, ZPTA, XELA, RBT, VENA, EDTK, KRKR, and GETR
Should you be buying VerifyMe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VerifyMe include Brand Engagement Network (BNAI), Singularity Future Technology (SGLY), Presto Automation (PRST), Zapata Computing (ZPTA), Exela Technologies (XELA), Rubicon Technologies (RBT), Venus Acquisition (VENA), Skillful Craftsman Education Technology (EDTK), 36Kr (KRKR), and Getaround (GETR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
VerifyMe (NASDAQ:VRME) and Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, VerifyMe had 1 more articles in the media than Brand Engagement Network. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for VerifyMe and 7 mentions for Brand Engagement Network. Brand Engagement Network's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat VerifyMe's score of 0.88 indicating that Brand Engagement Network is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VerifyMe has higher revenue and earnings than Brand Engagement Network.
VerifyMe currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.41%. Given VerifyMe's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe VerifyMe is more favorable than Brand Engagement Network.
VerifyMe has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brand Engagement Network has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VerifyMe received 8 more outperform votes than Brand Engagement Network when rated by MarketBeat users.
8.8% of VerifyMe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Brand Engagement Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of VerifyMe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Brand Engagement Network shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brand Engagement Network has a net margin of 0.00% compared to VerifyMe's net margin of -13.39%. Brand Engagement Network's return on equity of -19.90% beat VerifyMe's return on equity.
Summary
VerifyMe beats Brand Engagement Network on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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