Taoping (TAOP) Competitors

Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) and Amesite (NASDAQ:AMST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Does the media prefer TAOP or AMST?

In the previous week, Amesite had 1 more articles in the media than Taoping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Amesite and 2 mentions for Taoping. Taoping's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Amesite's score of 0.85 indicating that Taoping is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taoping	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amesite	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TAOP or AMST?

0.5% of Taoping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Amesite shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Taoping shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Amesite shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TAOP or AMST?

Taoping has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amesite has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TAOP or AMST?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taoping	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Amesite	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TAOP or AMST?

Taoping has higher revenue and earnings than Amesite.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taoping	$24.23 million	0.45	-$7.08 million	N/A	N/A
Amesite	$700 thousand	13.84	-$9.06 million	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TAOP or AMST?

Taoping received 29 more outperform votes than Amesite when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.72% of users gave Taoping an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Amesite an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taoping	Outperform Votes 29 54.72%	Underperform Votes 24 45.28%
Amesite	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Is TAOP or AMST more profitable?

Taoping has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Amesite's net margin of -608.33%. Taoping's return on equity of 0.00% beat Amesite's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taoping	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amesite	-608.33%	-67.66%	-63.16%

Summary

Taoping beats Amesite on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.