Bandwidth (BAND) Competitors

3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) and Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DDD or BAND?

64.5% of 3D Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of 3D Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Bandwidth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, DDD or BAND?

3D Systems has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bandwidth has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DDD or BAND?

Bandwidth has higher revenue and earnings than 3D Systems. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3D Systems, 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
3D Systems	$488.07M	0.94	-$370.43M	-$2.84	-1.21
Bandwidth	$601.12M	0.78	-$16.34M	-$1.05	-16.93

Is DDD or BAND more profitable?

Bandwidth has a net margin of -2.72% compared to Bandwidth's net margin of -75.90%. 3D Systems' return on equity of -3.10% beat Bandwidth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
3D Systems	-75.90%	-9.34%	-4.56%
Bandwidth	-2.72%	-3.10%	-0.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DDD or BAND?

3D Systems received 335 more outperform votes than Bandwidth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.43% of users gave 3D Systems an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave Bandwidth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
3D Systems	Outperform Votes 753 59.43%	Underperform Votes 514 40.57%
Bandwidth	Outperform Votes 418 58.63%	Underperform Votes 295 41.37%

Does the media prefer DDD or BAND?

In the previous week, Bandwidth had 10 more articles in the media than 3D Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Bandwidth and 1 mentions for 3D Systems. Bandwidth's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat 3D Systems' score of 0.23 indicating that 3D Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
3D Systems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bandwidth	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DDD or BAND?

3D Systems presently has a consensus price target of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 111.06%. Bandwidth has a consensus price target of $19.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.88%. Given Bandwidth's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe 3D Systems is more favorable than Bandwidth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
3D Systems	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bandwidth	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Summary

Bandwidth beats 3D Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.