CREX vs. TAOP, LHSW, IDN, ASST, ICLK, ZSPC, CDLX, GAN, DUOT, and CCLD
Should you be buying Creative Realities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Creative Realities include Taoping (TAOP), Lianhe Sowell International Group (LHSW), Intellicheck (IDN), Asset Entities (ASST), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), zSpace (ZSPC), Cardlytics (CDLX), GAN (GAN), Duos Technologies Group (DUOT), and CareCloud (CCLD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Creative Realities vs. Its Competitors
Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) and Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Taoping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Creative Realities.
Taoping has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Realities has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Creative Realities has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.45%. Given Creative Realities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Creative Realities is more favorable than Taoping.
Taoping received 25 more outperform votes than Creative Realities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Creative Realities an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Taoping an outperform vote.
4.0% of Taoping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Creative Realities shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of Taoping shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Creative Realities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Taoping had 1 more articles in the media than Creative Realities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Taoping and 1 mentions for Creative Realities. Creative Realities' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Taoping's score of 1.43 indicating that Creative Realities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Creative Realities has a net margin of 1.38% compared to Taoping's net margin of 0.00%. Creative Realities' return on equity of 2.62% beat Taoping's return on equity.
Summary
Creative Realities beats Taoping on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CREX) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff