Lightbridge (LTBR) Competitors

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) and Lightbridge (NASDAQ:LTBR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OOMA or LTBR?

Ooma has higher revenue and earnings than Lightbridge. Ooma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightbridge, 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
Ooma	$253.43M	1.45	-$830K	-$0.37	-36.78
Lightbridge	N/A	N/A	-$7.91M	-$0.75	-6.92

Is OOMA or LTBR more profitable?

Lightbridge has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ooma's net margin of -3.83%. Ooma's return on equity of -2.51% beat Lightbridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ooma	-3.83%	-2.51%	-1.32%
Lightbridge	N/A	-37.03%	-35.89%

Does the media prefer OOMA or LTBR?

In the previous week, Lightbridge had 4 more articles in the media than Ooma. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lightbridge and 1 mentions for Ooma. Ooma's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Lightbridge's score of 1.29 indicating that Ooma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ooma	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Lightbridge	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, OOMA or LTBR?

Ooma has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightbridge has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OOMA or LTBR?

Ooma received 261 more outperform votes than Lightbridge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.75% of users gave Ooma an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Lightbridge an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ooma	Outperform Votes 362 69.75%	Underperform Votes 157 30.25%
Lightbridge	Outperform Votes 101 59.76%	Underperform Votes 68 40.24%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OOMA or LTBR?

80.4% of Ooma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lightbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Ooma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Lightbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend OOMA or LTBR?

Ooma currently has a consensus price target of $16.60, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Given Ooma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ooma is more favorable than Lightbridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ooma	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Lightbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Ooma beats Lightbridge on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.