Gambling.com Group (GAMB) Competitors

Gambling.com Group (NASDAQ:GAMB) and iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Is GAMB or IQ more profitable?

Gambling.com Group has a net margin of 23.40% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 2.62%. Gambling.com Group's return on equity of 25.06% beat iQIYI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gambling.com Group	23.40%	25.06%	18.31%
iQIYI	2.62%	7.62%	2.17%

Do analysts recommend GAMB or IQ?

Gambling.com Group presently has a consensus price target of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 50.95%. iQIYI has a consensus price target of $2.91, suggesting a potential upside of 70.18%. Given iQIYI's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iQIYI is more favorable than Gambling.com Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gambling.com Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
iQIYI	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GAMB or IQ?

72.3% of Gambling.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of iQIYI shares are held by institutional investors. 57.9% of Gambling.com Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of iQIYI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to GAMB or IQ?

In the previous week, Gambling.com Group had 1 more articles in the media than iQIYI. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Gambling.com Group and 9 mentions for iQIYI. Gambling.com Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat iQIYI's score of 0.56 indicating that Gambling.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gambling.com Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
iQIYI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GAMB or IQ?

iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than Gambling.com Group. Gambling.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iQIYI, 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
Gambling.com Group	$138.60M	3.03	$18.26M	$0.97	12.46
iQIYI	$29.23B	0.06	$271.20M	$0.10	17.10

Which has more volatility & risk, GAMB or IQ?

Gambling.com Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iQIYI has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAMB or IQ?

iQIYI received 382 more outperform votes than Gambling.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave Gambling.com Group an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gambling.com Group	Outperform Votes 33 71.74%	Underperform Votes 13 28.26%
iQIYI	Outperform Votes 415 68.48%	Underperform Votes 191 31.52%

Summary

Gambling.com Group beats iQIYI on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.