Versus Systems (VS) Competitors

Versus Systems (NASDAQ:VS) and IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VS or IZEA?

60.7% of Versus Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of Versus Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of IZEA Worldwide shares are held 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VS or IZEA?

IZEA Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Versus Systems. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Versus Systems, 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
Versus Systems	$57.29K	173.27	-$10.51M	-$1.21	-1.67
IZEA Worldwide	$35.88M	1.33	-$7.36M	-$0.93	-3.02

Is VS or IZEA more profitable?

IZEA Worldwide has a net margin of -46.65% compared to Versus Systems' net margin of -9,635.29%. IZEA Worldwide's return on equity of -26.06% beat Versus Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Versus Systems	-9,635.29%	-330.10%	-313.75%
IZEA Worldwide	-46.65%	-26.06%	-21.27%

Which has more risk & volatility, VS or IZEA?

Versus Systems has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VS or IZEA?

IZEA Worldwide received 160 more outperform votes than Versus Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 21.05% of users gave Versus Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Versus Systems	Outperform Votes 4 21.05%	Underperform Votes 15 78.95%
IZEA Worldwide	Outperform Votes 164 64.57%	Underperform Votes 90 35.43%

Does the media favor VS or IZEA?

In the previous week, IZEA Worldwide had 3 more articles in the media than Versus Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IZEA Worldwide and 1 mentions for Versus Systems. IZEA Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Versus Systems' score of -0.95 indicating that IZEA Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Versus Systems	Negative
IZEA Worldwide	Neutral

Do analysts recommend VS or IZEA?

Versus Systems presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.23%. Given Versus Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Versus Systems is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Versus Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
IZEA Worldwide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

IZEA Worldwide beats Versus Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.