ULY vs. ISDR, BTCM, LUNA, SJ, MOBQ, GLE, XBP, SWAG, DTST, and SCOR
Should you be buying Urgent.ly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urgent.ly include Issuer Direct (ISDR), BIT Mining (BTCM), Luna Innovations (LUNA), Scienjoy (SJ), Mobiquity Technologies (MOBQ), Global Engine Group (GLE), XBP Europe (XBP), Stran & Company, Inc. (SWAG), Data Storage (DTST), and comScore (SCOR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Urgent.ly vs. Its Competitors
Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) and Issuer Direct (NYSE:ISDR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.
Issuer Direct has a net margin of -4.54% compared to Urgent.ly's net margin of -27.22%. Issuer Direct's return on equity of 5.03% beat Urgent.ly's return on equity.
In the previous week, Urgent.ly had 5 more articles in the media than Issuer Direct. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Urgent.ly and 0 mentions for Issuer Direct. Urgent.ly's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Issuer Direct's score of 0.00 indicating that Urgent.ly is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Issuer Direct has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Urgent.ly. 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.
Urgent.ly presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.67%. Given Urgent.ly's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Issuer Direct.
Urgent.ly has a beta of -1.41, suggesting that its share price is 241% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Issuer Direct has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Issuer Direct beats Urgent.ly on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:ULY) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
