Grid Dynamics (GDYN) Competitors

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) and Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SOUN or GDYN?

Grid Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than SoundHound AI. SoundHound AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grid Dynamics, 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
SoundHound AI	$102.23M	38.00	-$88.94M	-$0.55	-17.58
Grid Dynamics	$371.17M	2.75	-$1.76M	$0.12	100.75

Does the media favor SOUN or GDYN?

In the previous week, SoundHound AI had 12 more articles in the media than Grid Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SoundHound AI and 4 mentions for Grid Dynamics. Grid Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat SoundHound AI's score of 0.85 indicating that Grid Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SoundHound AI	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Grid Dynamics	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SOUN or GDYN more profitable?

Grid Dynamics has a net margin of 1.15% compared to SoundHound AI's net margin of -163.58%. Grid Dynamics' return on equity of -0.33% beat SoundHound AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundHound AI	-163.58%	-55.58%	-31.70%
Grid Dynamics	1.15%	-0.33%	-0.29%

Do analysts recommend SOUN or GDYN?

SoundHound AI presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Grid Dynamics has a consensus price target of $18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 55.09%. Given Grid Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grid Dynamics is more favorable than SoundHound AI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundHound AI	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Grid Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOUN or GDYN?

Grid Dynamics received 41 more outperform votes than SoundHound AI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.47% of users gave Grid Dynamics an outperform vote while only 67.39% of users gave SoundHound AI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SoundHound AI	Outperform Votes 31 67.39%	Underperform Votes 15 32.61%
Grid Dynamics	Outperform Votes 72 73.47%	Underperform Votes 26 26.53%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SOUN or GDYN?

19.3% of SoundHound AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of SoundHound AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SOUN or GDYN?

SoundHound AI has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grid Dynamics has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Grid Dynamics beats SoundHound AI on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.