GDS vs. IAS, VMEO, CDLX, DSP, DADA, WB, RXT, TRMR, TINV, and NEXN
Should you be buying GDS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GDS include Integral Ad Science (IAS), Vimeo (VMEO), Cardlytics (CDLX), Viant Technology (DSP), Dada Nexus (DADA), Weibo (WB), Rackspace Technology (RXT), Tremor International (TRMR), Tiga Acquisition (TINV), and Nexxen International (NEXN). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Integral Ad Science had 8 more articles in the media than GDS. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Integral Ad Science and 10 mentions for GDS. Integral Ad Science's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat GDS's score of 0.09 indicating that GDS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Integral Ad Science has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GDS. GDS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integral Ad Science, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GDS received 312 more outperform votes than Integral Ad Science when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.72% of users gave GDS an outperform vote while only 53.95% of users gave Integral Ad Science an outperform vote.
95.8% of Integral Ad Science shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Integral Ad Science shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Integral Ad Science has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Integral Ad Science currently has a consensus target price of $17.96, indicating a potential upside of 88.24%. GDS has a consensus target price of $15.69, indicating a potential upside of 156.33%. Given Integral Ad Science's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than Integral Ad Science.
Integral Ad Science has a net margin of 1.53% compared to Integral Ad Science's net margin of -43.25%. GDS's return on equity of 0.83% beat Integral Ad Science's return on equity.
Summary
Integral Ad Science beats GDS on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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