CSPI vs. ASUR, PLMI, TZOO, TLS, CREX, STRM, UIS, OSPN, RBBN, and VOXX
Should you be buying CSP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSP include Asure Software (ASUR), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Travelzoo (TZOO), Telos (TLS), Creative Realities (CREX), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), Unisys (UIS), OneSpan (OSPN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and VOXX International (VOXX).
CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI) and Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Asure Software received 148 more outperform votes than CSP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave Asure Software an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave CSP an outperform vote.
Asure Software has a consensus target price of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 97.92%. Given Asure Software's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Asure Software is more favorable than CSP.
CSP has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asure Software has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CSP had 1 more articles in the media than Asure Software. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CSP and 4 mentions for Asure Software. CSP's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Asure Software's score of -0.16 indicating that CSP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.7% of CSP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Asure Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of CSP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Asure Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CSP has a net margin of 6.33% compared to Asure Software's net margin of -7.74%. CSP's return on equity of 8.76% beat Asure Software's return on equity.
CSP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Asure Software. Asure Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CSP beats Asure Software on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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