DTST vs. CHR, HTCR, PHUN, NXTT, WETG, BCOV, LTRPA, DAIO, SQNS, and SYPR
Should you be buying Data Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Data Storage include Cheer (CHR), HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR), Phunware (PHUN), Next Technology (NXTT), WeTrade Group (WETG), Brightcove (BCOV), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), Data I/O (DAIO), Sequans Communications (SQNS), and Sypris Solutions (SYPR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) and Cheer (NASDAQ:CHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Data Storage has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheer has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Data Storage received 75 more outperform votes than Cheer when rated by MarketBeat users.
11.6% of Data Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Cheer shares are held by institutional investors. 37.4% of Data Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Cheer 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.
Data Storage has a net margin of 1.53% compared to Cheer's net margin of 0.00%. Data Storage's return on equity of 1.96% beat Cheer's return on equity.
Cheer has higher revenue and earnings than Data Storage.
In the previous week, Data Storage had 1 more articles in the media than Cheer. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Data Storage and 2 mentions for Cheer. Data Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Cheer's score of -0.50 indicating that Data Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Data Storage beats Cheer on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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