Professional Diversity Network (IPDN) Competitors

Blackboxstocks (NASDAQ:BLBX) and Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ:IPDN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, BLBX or IPDN?

Blackboxstocks has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Professional Diversity Network has a beta of 10.16, indicating that its stock price is 916% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BLBX or IPDN?

3.6% of Blackboxstocks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of Professional Diversity Network shares are held by institutional investors. 28.3% of Blackboxstocks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Professional Diversity Network 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLBX or IPDN?

Professional Diversity Network received 120 more outperform votes than Blackboxstocks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 36.78% of users gave Professional Diversity Network an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Blackboxstocks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackboxstocks	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%
Professional Diversity Network	Outperform Votes 121 36.78%	Underperform Votes 208 63.22%

Is BLBX or IPDN more profitable?

Professional Diversity Network has a net margin of -32.31% compared to Blackboxstocks' net margin of -115.49%. Blackboxstocks' return on equity of -49.32% beat Professional Diversity Network's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackboxstocks	-115.49%	-49.32%	-32.98%
Professional Diversity Network	-32.31%	-113.38%	-39.58%

Does the media refer more to BLBX or IPDN?

In the previous week, Blackboxstocks had 1 more articles in the media than Professional Diversity Network. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Blackboxstocks and 1 mentions for Professional Diversity Network. Blackboxstocks' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Professional Diversity Network's score of 0.00 indicating that Blackboxstocks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blackboxstocks	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Professional Diversity Network	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BLBX or IPDN?

Professional Diversity Network has higher revenue and earnings than Blackboxstocks. Blackboxstocks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Professional Diversity Network, 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
Blackboxstocks	$2.57M	4.47	-$4.66M	-$1.03	-3.15
Professional Diversity Network	$6.73M	0.33	-$4.31M	-$2.05	-0.52

Summary

Blackboxstocks beats Professional Diversity Network on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.