QMCO vs. IZEA, PXDT, SYPR, MNDO, CUTR, DZSI, RNLX, DFLI, AWRE, and VIOT
Should you be buying Quantum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quantum include IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), Pixie Dust Technologies (PXDT), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), MIND C.T.I. (MNDO), Cutera (CUTR), DZS (DZSI), Renalytix (RNLX), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), Aware (AWRE), and Viomi Technology (VIOT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) and Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IZEA Worldwide received 155 more outperform votes than Quantum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Quantum an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Quantum had 5 more articles in the media than IZEA Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Quantum and 0 mentions for IZEA Worldwide. Quantum's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat IZEA Worldwide's score of -0.18 indicating that IZEA Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quantum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Quantum's net margin of -20.29%. IZEA Worldwide's return on equity of 0.00% beat Quantum's return on equity.
15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Quantum shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Quantum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Quantum has a consensus target price of $1.43, indicating a potential upside of 237.02%. Given IZEA Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.
IZEA Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quantum. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Quantum beats IZEA Worldwide on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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