Agora (API) Competitors

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) and Agora (NASDAQ:API) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is GDYN or API more profitable?

Grid Dynamics has a net margin of 1.15% compared to Agora's net margin of -33.74%. Grid Dynamics' return on equity of -0.33% beat Agora's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grid Dynamics	1.15%	-0.33%	-0.29%
Agora	-33.74%	-7.70%	-6.65%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GDYN or API?

71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Agora shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Agora shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GDYN or API?

Grid Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Agora. Agora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grid Dynamics, 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
Grid Dynamics	$371.17M	3.12	-$1.76M	$0.12	114.13
Agora	$133.26M	2.51	-$87.22M	-$0.46	-7.78

Do analysts prefer GDYN or API?

Grid Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.50%. Agora has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.60%. Given Agora's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agora is more favorable than Grid Dynamics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grid Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Agora	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GDYN or API?

Grid Dynamics received 57 more outperform votes than Agora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.23% of users gave Grid Dynamics an outperform vote while only 48.39% of users gave Agora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grid Dynamics	Outperform Votes 72 74.23%	Underperform Votes 25 25.77%
Agora	Outperform Votes 15 48.39%	Underperform Votes 16 51.61%

Does the media refer more to GDYN or API?

In the previous week, Grid Dynamics had 4 more articles in the media than Agora. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Grid Dynamics and 1 mentions for Agora. Grid Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Agora's score of 0.73 indicating that Grid Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grid Dynamics	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Agora	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GDYN or API?

Grid Dynamics has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agora has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Grid Dynamics beats Agora on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.