Smith Micro Software (SMSI) Competitors

Where Food Comes From (NASDAQ:WFCF) and Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WFCF or SMSI?

18.8% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Smith Micro Software shares are held by institutional investors. 50.3% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Smith Micro Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer WFCF or SMSI?

Smith Micro Software has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 575.86%. Given Smith Micro Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smith Micro Software is more favorable than Where Food Comes From.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Where Food Comes From	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Smith Micro Software	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is WFCF or SMSI more profitable?

Where Food Comes From has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Smith Micro Software's net margin of -166.15%. Where Food Comes From's return on equity of 18.22% beat Smith Micro Software's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Where Food Comes From	7.99%	18.22%	11.07%
Smith Micro Software	-166.15%	-45.16%	-37.14%

Does the media favor WFCF or SMSI?

In the previous week, Where Food Comes From and Where Food Comes From both had 1 articles in the media. Where Food Comes From's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Smith Micro Software's score of -1.00 indicating that Where Food Comes From is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Where Food Comes From	Positive
Smith Micro Software	Negative

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WFCF or SMSI?

Where Food Comes From has higher revenue and earnings than Smith Micro Software. Smith Micro Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Where Food Comes From, 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
Where Food Comes From	$25.60M	2.50	$2.12M	$0.39	31.73
Smith Micro Software	$20.56M	0.76	-$48.70M	-$1.85	-0.40

Which has more risk & volatility, WFCF or SMSI?

Where Food Comes From has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith Micro Software has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Where Food Comes From beats Smith Micro Software on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.