BLIN vs. TAOP, WAVD, AUID, BKYI, AMST, IDAI, GVP, IFBD, SEAC, and CLPS
Should you be buying Bridgeline Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgeline Digital include Taoping (TAOP), WaveDancer (WAVD), authID (AUID), BIO-key International (BKYI), Amesite (AMST), T Stamp (IDAI), GSE Systems (GVP), Infobird (IFBD), SeaChange International (SEAC), and CLPS Incorporation (CLPS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Bridgeline Digital vs.
Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) and Bridgeline Digital (NASDAQ:BLIN) 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 valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
0.5% of Taoping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Bridgeline Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Taoping shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Bridgeline Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bridgeline Digital received 155 more outperform votes than Taoping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.76% of users gave Bridgeline Digital an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Taoping an outperform vote.
Bridgeline Digital has a net margin of 1.17% compared to Taoping's net margin of 0.00%. Bridgeline Digital's return on equity of 0.95% beat Taoping's return on equity.
In the previous week, Taoping and Taoping both had 1 articles in the media. Taoping's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Bridgeline Digital's score of 0.00 indicating that Taoping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Taoping has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgeline Digital has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgeline Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Taoping.
Bridgeline Digital has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 376.19%. Given Bridgeline Digital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgeline Digital is more favorable than Taoping.
Summary
Bridgeline Digital beats Taoping on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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