Ideanomics (SSC) Competitors

Ideanomics (NASDAQ:SSC) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SSC or CMCSA?

1.7% of Ideanomics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.4% of Ideanomics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend SSC or CMCSA?

Comcast has a consensus target price of $42.10, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Ideanomics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ideanomics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Comcast	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SSC or CMCSA?

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Ideanomics.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ideanomics	$144.34M	0.01	-$9.83M	N/A	N/A
Comcast	$123.56B	1.06	$16.19B	$4.07	8.63

Does the media prefer SSC or CMCSA?

In the previous week, Comcast had 56 more articles in the media than Ideanomics. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Comcast and 0 mentions for Ideanomics. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Ideanomics' score of 0.00 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ideanomics	Neutral
Comcast	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SSC or CMCSA?

Comcast received 1086 more outperform votes than Ideanomics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.35% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave Ideanomics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ideanomics	Outperform Votes 215 67.61%	Underperform Votes 103 32.39%
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1301 77.35%	Underperform Votes 381 22.65%

Is SSC or CMCSA more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 13.09% compared to Ideanomics' net margin of -5.37%. Comcast's return on equity of 19.98% beat Ideanomics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ideanomics	-5.37%	-72.38%	-19.27%
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%

Which has more risk & volatility, SSC or CMCSA?

Ideanomics has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Comcast beats Ideanomics on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.