CTLP vs. NCMI, DAO, GDOT, SMRT, WDH, XPER, BWMN, DADA, TRMR, and ACTG
Should you be buying Cantaloupe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cantaloupe include National CineMedia (NCMI), Youdao (DAO), Green Dot (GDOT), SmartRent (SMRT), Waterdrop (WDH), Xperi (XPER), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Dada Nexus (DADA), Tremor International (TRMR), and Acacia Research (ACTG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Cantaloupe (NASDAQ:CTLP) and National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
National CineMedia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cantaloupe. National CineMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cantaloupe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National CineMedia has a net margin of 426.68% compared to Cantaloupe's net margin of 5.90%. Cantaloupe's return on equity of 8.95% beat National CineMedia's return on equity.
Cantaloupe has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National CineMedia has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, National CineMedia had 4 more articles in the media than Cantaloupe. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National CineMedia and 5 mentions for Cantaloupe. National CineMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Cantaloupe's score of 0.00 indicating that National CineMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cantaloupe currently has a consensus target price of $9.70, indicating a potential upside of 62.21%. National CineMedia has a consensus target price of $6.08, indicating a potential upside of 33.70%. Given Cantaloupe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cantaloupe is more favorable than National CineMedia.
National CineMedia received 239 more outperform votes than Cantaloupe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.70% of users gave National CineMedia an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Cantaloupe an outperform vote.
75.8% of Cantaloupe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of National CineMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Cantaloupe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of National CineMedia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cantaloupe and National CineMedia tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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