VRME vs. PRST, HKIT, RBT, STBX, ATER, VENA, SGLY, XELA, KRKR, and EDTK
Should you be buying VerifyMe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VerifyMe include Presto Automation (PRST), Hitek Global (HKIT), Rubicon Technologies (RBT), Starbox Group (STBX), Aterian (ATER), Venus Acquisition (VENA), Singularity Future Technology (SGLY), Exela Technologies (XELA), 36Kr (KRKR), and Skillful Craftsman Education Technology (EDTK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
VerifyMe (NASDAQ:VRME) and Presto Automation (NASDAQ:PRST) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
VerifyMe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Presto Automation. VerifyMe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Presto Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.8% of VerifyMe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Presto Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of VerifyMe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.4% of Presto Automation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Presto Automation received 30 more outperform votes than VerifyMe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.66% of users gave Presto Automation an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave VerifyMe an outperform vote.
VerifyMe has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Presto Automation has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, VerifyMe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Presto Automation'saverage media sentiment score.
VerifyMe presently has a consensus price target of $2.85, suggesting a potential upside of 83.87%. Presto Automation has a consensus price target of $2.54, suggesting a potential upside of 1,394.12%. Given Presto Automation's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Presto Automation is more favorable than VerifyMe.
VerifyMe has a net margin of -13.39% compared to Presto Automation's net margin of -306.18%. Presto Automation's return on equity of 0.00% beat VerifyMe's return on equity.
Summary
Presto Automation beats VerifyMe on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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