BLZE vs. VTEX, KARO, TBLA, VMEO, MOMO, AMPL, KIND, BLND, QUBT, and BASE
Should you be buying Backblaze stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Backblaze include VTEX (VTEX), Karooooo (KARO), Taboola.com (TBLA), Vimeo (VMEO), Hello Group (MOMO), Amplitude (AMPL), Nextdoor (KIND), Blend Labs (BLND), Quantum Computing (QUBT), and Couchbase (BASE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Backblaze vs.
Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) and VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Backblaze currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 89.77%. VTEX has a consensus price target of $9.74, indicating a potential upside of 63.01%. Given Backblaze's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Backblaze is more favorable than VTEX.
In the previous week, VTEX had 2 more articles in the media than Backblaze. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for VTEX and 2 mentions for Backblaze. Backblaze's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat VTEX's score of 0.16 indicating that Backblaze is being referred to more favorably in the media.
54.0% of Backblaze shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of VTEX shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Backblaze shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.9% of VTEX 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.
Backblaze received 2 more outperform votes than VTEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Backblaze an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave VTEX an outperform vote.
Backblaze has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VTEX has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VTEX has higher revenue and earnings than Backblaze. Backblaze is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VTEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VTEX has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Backblaze's net margin of -37.13%. VTEX's return on equity of 3.60% beat Backblaze's return on equity.
Summary
VTEX beats Backblaze on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLZE) was last updated on 1/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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