CSP (CSPI) Competitors

CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI) and PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer CSPI or PUBM?

PubMatic has a consensus target price of $19.11, indicating a potential upside of 64.47%. Given PubMatic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PubMatic is more favorable than CSP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
PubMatic	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSPI or PUBM?

CSP received 136 more outperform votes than PubMatic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave CSP an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave PubMatic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CSP	Outperform Votes 199 63.17%	Underperform Votes 116 36.83%
PubMatic	Outperform Votes 63 60.00%	Underperform Votes 42 40.00%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CSPI or PUBM?

PubMatic has higher revenue and earnings than CSP. CSP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PubMatic, 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
CSP	$54.96M	2.20	-$330K	-$0.16	-76.56
PubMatic	$288.38M	1.96	$8.88M	$0.08	145.25

Does the media favor CSPI or PUBM?

In the previous week, PubMatic had 9 more articles in the media than CSP. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PubMatic and 4 mentions for CSP. PubMatic's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat CSP's score of 0.73 indicating that PubMatic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PubMatic	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CSPI or PUBM?

26.7% of CSP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of PubMatic shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of CSP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of PubMatic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CSPI or PUBM?

CSP has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PubMatic has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CSPI or PUBM more profitable?

PubMatic has a net margin of 5.96% compared to CSP's net margin of 0.14%. PubMatic's return on equity of 6.12% beat CSP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSP	0.14%	0.17%	0.12%
PubMatic	5.96%	6.12%	2.58%

Summary

PubMatic beats CSP on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.