Data Storage (DTST) Competitors

Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) and Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DTST or RSSS?

Data Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Research Solutions. Research Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Data Storage, 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
Data Storage	$25.37M	1.01	$520K	$0.02	179.25
Research Solutions	$44.62M	2.22	-$3.79M	-$0.14	-21.79

Which has more risk and volatility, DTST or RSSS?

Data Storage has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Research Solutions has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DTST or RSSS?

11.6% of Data Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Research Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of Data Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Research Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DTST or RSSS more profitable?

Data Storage has a net margin of 0.75% compared to Research Solutions' net margin of -8.03%. Data Storage's return on equity of 0.91% beat Research Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Data Storage	0.75%	0.91%	0.75%
Research Solutions	-8.03%	-5.80%	-1.59%

Does the media prefer DTST or RSSS?

In the previous week, Research Solutions had 12 more articles in the media than Data Storage. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Research Solutions and 0 mentions for Data Storage. Data Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Research Solutions' score of -0.09 indicating that Data Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Data Storage	Neutral
Research Solutions	Neutral

Summary

Data Storage beats Research Solutions on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.