SoundThinking (SSTI) Competitors

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

Is VMEO or SSTI more profitable?

Vimeo has a net margin of 6.48% compared to SoundThinking's net margin of -1.39%. Vimeo's return on equity of 6.72% beat SoundThinking's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vimeo	6.48%	6.72%	4.26%
SoundThinking	-1.39%	-8.74%	-4.57%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VMEO or SSTI?

85.0% of Vimeo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of SoundThinking shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Vimeo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of SoundThinking shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, VMEO or SSTI?

Vimeo has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundThinking has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VMEO or SSTI?

SoundThinking received 346 more outperform votes than Vimeo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.74% of users gave SoundThinking an outperform vote while only 40.43% of users gave Vimeo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vimeo	Outperform Votes 19 40.43%	Underperform Votes 28 59.57%
SoundThinking	Outperform Votes 365 68.74%	Underperform Votes 166 31.26%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VMEO or SSTI?

Vimeo has higher revenue and earnings than SoundThinking. SoundThinking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vimeo, 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
Vimeo	$415.13M	1.82	$22.03M	$0.10	45.95
SoundThinking	$104.97M	1.83	-$2.72M	-$0.61	-24.83

Does the media refer more to VMEO or SSTI?

In the previous week, SoundThinking had 17 more articles in the media than Vimeo. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for SoundThinking and 5 mentions for Vimeo. Vimeo's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat SoundThinking's score of 0.20 indicating that Vimeo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vimeo	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
SoundThinking	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer VMEO or SSTI?

Vimeo currently has a consensus price target of $7.35, indicating a potential upside of 59.96%. SoundThinking has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.66%. Given Vimeo's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vimeo is more favorable than SoundThinking.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vimeo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SoundThinking	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Vimeo beats SoundThinking on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.