PubMatic (PUBM) Competitors

PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) and JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, PUBM or FROG?

PubMatic has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JFrog has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PUBM or FROG?

PubMatic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JFrog. JFrog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PubMatic, 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
PubMatic	$267.01M	2.72	$8.88M	$0.21	69.77
JFrog	$389.25M	7.33	-$61.26M	-$0.47	-59.55

Is PUBM or FROG more profitable?

PubMatic has a net margin of 7.08% compared to JFrog's net margin of -12.35%. PubMatic's return on equity of 6.92% beat JFrog's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PubMatic	7.08%	6.92%	3.07%
JFrog	-12.35%	-4.63%	-3.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PUBM or FROG?

JFrog received 30 more outperform votes than PubMatic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.14% of users gave JFrog an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave PubMatic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PubMatic	Outperform Votes 57 59.38%	Underperform Votes 39 40.63%
JFrog	Outperform Votes 87 62.14%	Underperform Votes 53 37.86%

Does the media prefer PUBM or FROG?

In the previous week, JFrog had 35 more articles in the media than PubMatic. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for JFrog and 5 mentions for PubMatic. JFrog's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat PubMatic's score of 0.43 indicating that JFrog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PubMatic	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
JFrog	13 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PUBM or FROG?

64.3% of PubMatic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of JFrog shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of PubMatic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of JFrog shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PUBM or FROG?

PubMatic currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.03%. JFrog has a consensus target price of $36.28, suggesting a potential upside of 29.61%. Given PubMatic's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PubMatic is more favorable than JFrog.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PubMatic	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
JFrog	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Summary

JFrog beats PubMatic on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.