DLH (DLHC) Competitors

DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) and Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, DLHC or OOMA?

DLH has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ooma has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DLHC or OOMA more profitable?

DLH has a net margin of 1.27% compared to Ooma's net margin of -1.89%. DLH's return on equity of 4.08% beat Ooma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLH	1.27%	4.08%	1.47%
Ooma	-1.89%	2.72%	1.54%

Do analysts prefer DLHC or OOMA?

Ooma has a consensus price target of $17.63, indicating a potential upside of 46.27%. Given Ooma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ooma is more favorable than DLH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ooma	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media prefer DLHC or OOMA?

In the previous week, DLH had 5 more articles in the media than Ooma. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DLH and 3 mentions for Ooma. Ooma's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat DLH's score of 0.61 indicating that Ooma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DLH	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ooma	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DLHC or OOMA?

DLH has higher revenue and earnings than Ooma. Ooma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, 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
DLH	$395.94M	0.20	$7.40M	$0.32	17.19
Ooma	$256.85M	1.29	-$6.90M	-$0.19	-63.42

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DLHC or OOMA?

67.3% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Ooma shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of DLH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Ooma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DLH beats Ooma on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.