Red Cat (RCAT) Competitors

Red Cat (NASDAQ:RCAT) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RCAT or IAC?

38.0% of Red Cat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Red Cat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of IAC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RCAT or IAC?

IAC received 1073 more outperform votes than Red Cat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Red Cat an outperform vote while only 71.45% of users gave IAC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Cat	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
IAC	Outperform Votes 1076 71.45%	Underperform Votes 430 28.55%

Which has more volatility and risk, RCAT or IAC?

Red Cat has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RCAT or IAC?

In the previous week, IAC had 2 more articles in the media than Red Cat. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for IAC and 13 mentions for Red Cat. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Red Cat's score of 0.31 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Red Cat	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IAC	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RCAT or IAC?

Red Cat presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 56.99%. IAC has a consensus target price of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 55.95%. Given IAC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Red Cat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Cat	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IAC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is RCAT or IAC more profitable?

IAC has a net margin of -0.34% compared to Red Cat's net margin of -232.62%. IAC's return on equity of -5.63% beat Red Cat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Cat	-232.62%	-96.00%	-75.95%
IAC	-0.34%	-5.63%	-3.69%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RCAT or IAC?

IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Red Cat. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red Cat, 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
Red Cat	$17.84M	41.79	-$24.05M	-$0.54	-17.22
IAC	$4.37B	0.80	$265.94M	-$0.43	-100.90

Summary

IAC beats Red Cat on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.