Optical Cable (OCC) Competitors

Optical Cable (NASDAQ:OCC) and ClearOne (NASDAQ:CLRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OCC or CLRO?

13.6% of Optical Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of ClearOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Optical Cable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ClearOne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate OCC or CLRO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Optical Cable	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
ClearOne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OCC or CLRO?

Optical Cable has higher revenue and earnings than ClearOne. Optical Cable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ClearOne, 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
Optical Cable	$72.17M	0.31	$2.07M	-$0.03	-94.64
ClearOne	$18.70M	1.24	-$560K	-$0.02	-48.28

Does the media refer more to OCC or CLRO?

In the previous week, ClearOne had 1 more articles in the media than Optical Cable. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ClearOne and 1 mentions for Optical Cable. Optical Cable's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat ClearOne's score of 0.00 indicating that Optical Cable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Optical Cable	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ClearOne	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OCC or CLRO?

ClearOne received 155 more outperform votes than Optical Cable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.60% of users gave Optical Cable an outperform vote while only 59.54% of users gave ClearOne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Optical Cable	Outperform Votes 104 64.60%	Underperform Votes 57 35.40%
ClearOne	Outperform Votes 259 59.54%	Underperform Votes 176 40.46%

Is OCC or CLRO more profitable?

Optical Cable has a net margin of -0.24% compared to ClearOne's net margin of -2.99%. Optical Cable's return on equity of -6.09% beat ClearOne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Optical Cable	-0.24%	-6.09%	-3.45%
ClearOne	-2.99%	-10.61%	-9.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, OCC or CLRO?

Optical Cable has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearOne has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Optical Cable beats ClearOne on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.