Amplitude (AMPL) Competitors

Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL) and CLEAR Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Is AMPL or YOU more profitable?

CLEAR Secure has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Amplitude's net margin of -30.43%. CLEAR Secure's return on equity of 122.69% beat Amplitude's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplitude	-30.43%	-33.08%	-21.31%
CLEAR Secure	21.17%	122.69%	18.97%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AMPL or YOU?

73.2% of Amplitude shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of Amplitude shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AMPL or YOU?

Amplitude presently has a consensus price target of $13.80, indicating a potential upside of 24.66%. CLEAR Secure has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.62%. Given Amplitude's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amplitude is more favorable than CLEAR Secure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplitude	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
CLEAR Secure	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has more volatility & risk, AMPL or YOU?

Amplitude has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLEAR Secure has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AMPL or YOU?

CLEAR Secure has higher revenue and earnings than Amplitude. Amplitude is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CLEAR Secure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplitude	$299.27M	3.78	-$94.32M	-$0.76	-14.57
CLEAR Secure	$770.49M	6.44	$169.68M	$1.60	23.34

Does the media prefer AMPL or YOU?

In the previous week, Amplitude had 1 more articles in the media than CLEAR Secure. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Amplitude and 5 mentions for CLEAR Secure. CLEAR Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Amplitude's score of 1.41 indicating that CLEAR Secure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amplitude	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CLEAR Secure	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

CLEAR Secure beats Amplitude on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.