Quhuo (QH) Competitors

Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) and Quhuo (NASDAQ:QH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DTST or QH?

11.6% of Data Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Quhuo shares are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of Data Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.1% of Quhuo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DTST or QH?

Quhuo has higher revenue and earnings than Data Storage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Data Storage	$25.37M	1.03	$380K	$0.02	184.50
Quhuo	$3.05B	0.00	$470K	N/A	N/A

Is DTST or QH more profitable?

Data Storage has a net margin of 0.64% compared to Quhuo's net margin of 0.00%. Data Storage's return on equity of 0.79% beat Quhuo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Data Storage	0.64%	0.79%	0.66%
Quhuo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, DTST or QH?

Data Storage has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quhuo has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DTST or QH?

Data Storage received 70 more outperform votes than Quhuo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.12% of users gave Data Storage an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Quhuo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Data Storage	Outperform Votes 75 72.12%	Underperform Votes 29 27.88%
Quhuo	Outperform Votes 5 33.33%	Underperform Votes 10 66.67%

Does the media refer more to DTST or QH?

In the previous week, Data Storage had 4 more articles in the media than Quhuo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Data Storage and 0 mentions for Quhuo. Data Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Quhuo's score of 0.00 indicating that Data Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Data Storage	Neutral
Quhuo	Neutral

Summary

Data Storage beats Quhuo on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.