trivago (TRVG) Competitors

NV5 Global (NASDAQ:NVEE) and trivago (NASDAQ:TRVG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NVEE or TRVG?

75.5% of NV5 Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of trivago shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of NV5 Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of trivago shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NVEE or TRVG more profitable?

NV5 Global has a net margin of 3.25% compared to trivago's net margin of -5.20%. NV5 Global's return on equity of 9.34% beat trivago's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NV5 Global	3.25%	9.34%	6.02%
trivago	-5.20%	0.09%	0.06%

Do analysts rate NVEE or TRVG?

NV5 Global currently has a consensus price target of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.05%. trivago has a consensus price target of $4.73, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Given NV5 Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NV5 Global is more favorable than trivago.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NV5 Global	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
trivago	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more volatility and risk, NVEE or TRVG?

NV5 Global has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, trivago has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NVEE or TRVG?

trivago received 29 more outperform votes than NV5 Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.59% of users gave NV5 Global an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave trivago an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NV5 Global	Outperform Votes 292 59.59%	Underperform Votes 198 40.41%
trivago	Outperform Votes 321 59.44%	Underperform Votes 219 40.56%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NVEE or TRVG?

NV5 Global has higher revenue and earnings than trivago. trivago is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NV5 Global, 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
NV5 Global	$962.75M	1.52	$44.61M	$0.50	44.62
trivago	$483.53M	0.66	-$25.64M	-$0.01	-459.00

Does the media favor NVEE or TRVG?

In the previous week, NV5 Global had 25 more articles in the media than trivago. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for NV5 Global and 1 mentions for trivago. NV5 Global's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat trivago's score of 0.27 indicating that NV5 Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NV5 Global	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
trivago	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

NV5 Global beats trivago on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.