Snail (SNAL) Competitors

Expensify (NASDAQ:EXFY) and Snail (NASDAQ:SNAL) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, EXFY or SNAL?

Expensify has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snail has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EXFY or SNAL?

68.4% of Expensify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Snail shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Expensify shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.4% of Snail shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EXFY or SNAL more profitable?

Snail has a net margin of -4.80% compared to Expensify's net margin of -10.72%. Expensify's return on equity of -12.02% beat Snail's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expensify	-10.72%	-12.02%	-8.52%
Snail	-4.80%	-1,183.47%	14.24%

Do analysts rate EXFY or SNAL?

Expensify presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 105.13%. Given Expensify's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Expensify is more favorable than Snail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expensify	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Snail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor EXFY or SNAL?

In the previous week, Snail had 8 more articles in the media than Expensify. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Snail and 7 mentions for Expensify. Snail's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Expensify's score of -0.10 indicating that Snail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Expensify	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Snail	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, EXFY or SNAL?

Snail has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Expensify. Expensify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Snail, 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
Expensify	$139.24M	1.13	-$10.06M	-$0.16	-12.19
Snail	$84.47M	0.42	$1.83M	-$0.46	-2.09

Summary

Expensify beats Snail on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.