INUV vs. IZEA, CUTR, MATH, TACT, NSYS, LINK, PODC, FTCI, POET, and KTCC
Should you be buying Inuvo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inuvo include IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), Cutera (CUTR), Metalpha Technology (MATH), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Nortech Systems (NSYS), Interlink Electronics (LINK), PodcastOne (PODC), FTC Solar (FTCI), POET Technologies (POET), and Key Tronic (KTCC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) and IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Inuvo has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
29.4% of Inuvo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Inuvo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IZEA Worldwide had 1 more articles in the media than Inuvo. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IZEA Worldwide and 2 mentions for Inuvo. Inuvo's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat IZEA Worldwide's score of 0.00 indicating that Inuvo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IZEA Worldwide received 163 more outperform votes than Inuvo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 2.08% of users gave Inuvo an outperform vote.
Inuvo has a net margin of -14.06% compared to IZEA Worldwide's net margin of -20.29%. IZEA Worldwide's return on equity of -11.14% beat Inuvo's return on equity.
Inuvo presently has a consensus price target of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 199.13%. Given Inuvo's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Inuvo is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.
IZEA Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inuvo. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inuvo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Inuvo beats IZEA Worldwide on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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