Urgent.ly (ULY) Competitors

Issuer Direct (NYSE:ISDR) and Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is ISDR or ULY more profitable?

Urgent.ly has a net margin of 59.29% compared to Issuer Direct's net margin of -4.54%. Issuer Direct's return on equity of 5.03% beat Urgent.ly's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Issuer Direct	-4.54%	5.03%	2.80%
Urgent.ly	59.29%	N/A	-73.06%

Do analysts rate ISDR or ULY?

Urgent.ly has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.18%. Given Urgent.ly's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Issuer Direct.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Issuer Direct	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Urgent.ly	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to ISDR or ULY?

In the previous week, Urgent.ly had 4 more articles in the media than Issuer Direct. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Urgent.ly and 0 mentions for Issuer Direct. Issuer Direct's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Urgent.ly's score of -0.64 indicating that Issuer Direct is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Issuer Direct	Neutral
Urgent.ly	Negative

Which has better earnings and valuation, ISDR or ULY?

Urgent.ly has higher revenue and earnings than Issuer Direct. Urgent.ly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Issuer Direct, 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
Issuer Direct	$33.38M	0.00	$770K	-$0.35	N/A
Urgent.ly	$142.91M	0.06	$74.73M	-$32.42	-0.21

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ISDR or ULY?

Issuer Direct received 33 more outperform votes than Urgent.ly when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Urgent.ly an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Issuer Direct an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Issuer Direct	Outperform Votes 40 59.70%	Underperform Votes 27 40.30%
Urgent.ly	Outperform Votes 7 87.50%	Underperform Votes 1 12.50%

Which has more risk & volatility, ISDR or ULY?

Issuer Direct has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urgent.ly has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ISDR or ULY?

50.0% of Issuer Direct shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of Issuer Direct shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Urgent.ly shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Issuer Direct beats Urgent.ly on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.