Reservoir Media (RSVR) Competitors

iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) and Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IQ or RSVR?

iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than Reservoir Media. iQIYI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reservoir Media, 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
iQIYI	$29.23B	0.06	$271.20M	$0.10	17.10
Reservoir Media	$156.43M	3.04	$640K	$0.11	66.36

Which has more risk and volatility, IQ or RSVR?

iQIYI has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reservoir Media has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IQ or RSVR?

iQIYI received 407 more outperform votes than Reservoir Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Reservoir Media an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iQIYI	Outperform Votes 415 68.48%	Underperform Votes 191 31.52%
Reservoir Media	Outperform Votes 8 80.00%	Underperform Votes 2 20.00%

Do analysts rate IQ or RSVR?

iQIYI currently has a consensus price target of $2.91, suggesting a potential upside of 70.18%. Reservoir Media has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 71.23%. Given Reservoir Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reservoir Media is more favorable than iQIYI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iQIYI	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Reservoir Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor IQ or RSVR?

In the previous week, iQIYI had 9 more articles in the media than Reservoir Media. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for iQIYI and 2 mentions for Reservoir Media. Reservoir Media's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat iQIYI's score of 0.56 indicating that Reservoir Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iQIYI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reservoir Media	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IQ or RSVR?

52.7% of iQIYI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of Reservoir Media shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Reservoir Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IQ or RSVR more profitable?

Reservoir Media has a net margin of 5.04% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 2.62%. iQIYI's return on equity of 7.62% beat Reservoir Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iQIYI	2.62%	7.62%	2.17%
Reservoir Media	5.04%	2.20%	1.00%

Summary

Reservoir Media beats iQIYI on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.