DRCT vs. CHEK, SLGL, QRHC, MNY, IZEA, PIXY, FLNT, MCTR, SWVL, and CISO
Should you be buying Direct Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Direct Digital include Check-Cap (CHEK), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Quest Resource (QRHC), MoneyHero (MNY), IZEA WORLDWIDE (IZEA), ShiftPixy (PIXY), FLUENT (FLNT), CTRL Group (MCTR), Swvl (SWVL), and CISO Global (CISO).
Direct Digital vs. Its Competitors
Check-Cap (NASDAQ:CHEK) and Direct Digital (NASDAQ:DRCT) are related small-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
1.1% of Check-Cap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Direct Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Check-Cap shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.8% of Direct Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Check-Cap has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Direct Digital has a beta of 6.07, meaning that its stock price is 507% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Check-Cap and Check-Cap both had 1 articles in the media. Direct Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Check-Cap's score of 0.62 indicating that Direct Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Direct Digital has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 905.03%. Given Direct Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Direct Digital is more favorable than Check-Cap.
Check-Cap has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Direct Digital's net margin of -16.23%.
Direct Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Check-Cap. Direct Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Check-Cap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Direct Digital beats Check-Cap on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:DRCT) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
