CareCloud (CCLD) Competitors

Agora (NASDAQ:API) and CareCloud (NASDAQ:CCLD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, API or CCLD?

Agora has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareCloud has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in API or CCLD?

40.4% of Agora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of CareCloud shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of Agora shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of CareCloud shares are owned 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 MarketBeat Community believe in API or CCLD?

Agora received 7 more outperform votes than CareCloud when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave CareCloud an outperform vote while only 48.39% of users gave Agora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Agora	Outperform Votes 15 48.39%	Underperform Votes 16 51.61%
CareCloud	Outperform Votes 8 50.00%	Underperform Votes 8 50.00%

Does the media refer more to API or CCLD?

In the previous week, Agora had 2 more articles in the media than CareCloud. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Agora and 5 mentions for CareCloud. Agora's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat CareCloud's score of 0.76 indicating that Agora is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agora	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CareCloud	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend API or CCLD?

Agora presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.01%. CareCloud has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.36%. Given Agora's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Agora is more favorable than CareCloud.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agora	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CareCloud	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is API or CCLD more profitable?

Agora has a net margin of -33.74% compared to CareCloud's net margin of -35.25%. Agora's return on equity of -7.70% beat CareCloud's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agora	-33.74%	-7.70%	-6.65%
CareCloud	-35.25%	-87.98%	-50.79%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, API or CCLD?

CareCloud has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agora. Agora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareCloud, 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
Agora	$133.26M	2.49	-$87.22M	-$0.36	-9.86
CareCloud	$112.51M	0.77	-$48.67M	-$0.22	-9.36

Summary

Agora beats CareCloud on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.