PHUN vs. DTST, CHR, BCOV, HTCR, NXTT, WETG, LTRPA, INOD, TRVG, and OOMA
Should you be buying Phunware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phunware include Data Storage (DTST), Cheer (CHR), Brightcove (BCOV), HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR), Next Technology (NXTT), WeTrade Group (WETG), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), Innodata (INOD), trivago (TRVG), and Ooma (OOMA). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) and Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
Data Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Phunware. Phunware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Data Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Phunware has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Data Storage has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Phunware presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 210.97%. Given Phunware's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Phunware is more favorable than Data Storage.
In the previous week, Phunware had 4 more articles in the media than Data Storage. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Phunware and 3 mentions for Data Storage. Data Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Phunware's score of 0.45 indicating that Data Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.6% of Phunware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Data Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Phunware shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.4% of Data Storage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Data Storage has a net margin of 1.53% compared to Phunware's net margin of -257.36%. Data Storage's return on equity of 1.96% beat Phunware's return on equity.
Data Storage received 6 more outperform votes than Phunware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.12% of users gave Data Storage an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Phunware an outperform vote.
Summary
Data Storage beats Phunware on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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