Socket Mobile (SCKT) Competitors

Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP) and Socket Mobile (NASDAQ:SCKT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ZEPP or SCKT?

Socket Mobile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zepp Health. Socket Mobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zepp Health, 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
Zepp Health	$181.18M	0.19	-$29.88M	-$5.02	-0.48
Socket Mobile	$17.75M	0.53	-$1.92M	-$0.36	-3.28

Is ZEPP or SCKT more profitable?

Socket Mobile has a net margin of -7.46% compared to Zepp Health's net margin of -19.24%. Socket Mobile's return on equity of -7.26% beat Zepp Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zepp Health	-19.24%	-12.03%	-6.69%
Socket Mobile	-7.46%	-7.26%	-4.84%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ZEPP or SCKT?

52.6% of Zepp Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Socket Mobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.0% of Zepp Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Socket Mobile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ZEPP or SCKT?

Zepp Health presently has a consensus target price of $13.87, indicating a potential upside of 476.72%. Given Zepp Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zepp Health is more favorable than Socket Mobile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zepp Health	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Socket Mobile	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor ZEPP or SCKT?

In the previous week, Zepp Health had 1 more articles in the media than Socket Mobile. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Zepp Health and 2 mentions for Socket Mobile. Socket Mobile's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Zepp Health's score of 0.33 indicating that Socket Mobile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zepp Health	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Socket Mobile	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ZEPP or SCKT?

Zepp Health has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Socket Mobile has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZEPP or SCKT?

Socket Mobile received 384 more outperform votes than Zepp Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Zepp Health an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Socket Mobile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zepp Health	Outperform Votes 8 72.73%	Underperform Votes 3 27.27%
Socket Mobile	Outperform Votes 392 61.06%	Underperform Votes 250 38.94%

Summary

Socket Mobile beats Zepp Health on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.