comScore (SCOR) Competitors

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) and Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SCOR or SEZL?

Sezzle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than comScore. comScore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sezzle, 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
comScore	$376.42M	0.15	-$66.56M	-$1.28	-0.47
Sezzle	$125.57M	0.58	-$38.09M	$0.53	24.34

Is SCOR or SEZL more profitable?

Sezzle has a net margin of 5.67% compared to comScore's net margin of -28.12%. Sezzle's return on equity of 70.48% beat comScore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
comScore	-28.12%	-20.79%	-4.74%
Sezzle	5.67%	70.48%	4.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCOR or SEZL?

comScore received 14 more outperform votes than Sezzle when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
comScore	Outperform Votes 14 43.75%	Underperform Votes 18 56.25%
Sezzle	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend SCOR or SEZL?

comScore presently has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 277.33%. Given comScore's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe comScore is more favorable than Sezzle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
comScore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sezzle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SCOR or SEZL?

81.0% of comScore shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of comScore shares are held by 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.

Does the media refer more to SCOR or SEZL?

In the previous week, comScore had 3 more articles in the media than Sezzle. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for comScore and 2 mentions for Sezzle. Sezzle's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat comScore's score of 0.10 indicating that Sezzle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
comScore	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sezzle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sezzle beats comScore on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.