EGIO vs. STCN, MCHX, DHX, ICLK, ZFOX, OPRX, OOMA, RDVT, RMNI, and FLUX
Should you be buying Edgio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edgio include Steel Connect (STCN), Marchex (MCHX), DHI Group (DHX), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), ZeroFox (ZFOX), OptimizeRx (OPRX), Ooma (OOMA), Red Violet (RDVT), Rimini Street (RMNI), and Flux Power (FLUX).
Steel Connect (NASDAQ:STCN) and Edgio (NASDAQ:EGIO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Steel Connect has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Edgio. Edgio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Connect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Connect has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edgio has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Connect has a net margin of 12.23% compared to Steel Connect's net margin of -35.10%. Edgio's return on equity of 39.04% beat Steel Connect's return on equity.
Edgio has a consensus price target of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 235.68%. Given Steel Connect's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Edgio is more favorable than Steel Connect.
In the previous week, Steel Connect had 7 more articles in the media than Edgio. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Steel Connect and 3 mentions for Edgio. Edgio's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Steel Connect's score of -0.45 indicating that Steel Connect is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.3% of Steel Connect shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Edgio shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Steel Connect shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Edgio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steel Connect received 161 more outperform votes than Edgio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.31% of users gave Steel Connect an outperform vote while only 6.25% of users gave Edgio an outperform vote.
Summary
Steel Connect beats Edgio on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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