Brightcove - BCOV Competitors

Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) and Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BCOV or INOD?

86.9% of Brightcove shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Innodata shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Brightcove shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Innodata shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BCOV or INOD?

Brightcove has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innodata has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BCOV or INOD?

In the previous week, Brightcove had 2 more articles in the media than Innodata. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Brightcove and 2 mentions for Innodata. Innodata's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Brightcove's score of 0.25 indicating that Innodata is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brightcove	Neutral
Innodata	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCOV or INOD?

Brightcove received 272 more outperform votes than Innodata when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.49% of users gave Brightcove an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Innodata an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brightcove	Outperform Votes 382 72.49%	Underperform Votes 145 27.51%
Innodata	Outperform Votes 110 51.64%	Underperform Votes 103 48.36%

Do analysts prefer BCOV or INOD?

Brightcove presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 123.21%. Given Brightcove's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brightcove is more favorable than Innodata.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brightcove	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Innodata	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BCOV or INOD?

Brightcove has higher revenue and earnings than Innodata. Brightcove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innodata, 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
Brightcove	$211.01 million	0.90	-$9.02 million	-$0.22	-20.36
Innodata	$79 million	2.69	-$11.94 million	-$0.43	-18.02

Is BCOV or INOD more profitable?

Brightcove has a net margin of -4.27% compared to Innodata's net margin of -15.11%. Brightcove's return on equity of -3.62% beat Innodata's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brightcove	-4.27%	-3.62%	-1.62%
Innodata	-15.11%	-57.97%	-23.79%

Summary

Brightcove beats Innodata on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.