Amber Road (AMBR) Competitors

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) and Amber Road (NYSE:AMBR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GDYN or AMBR?

71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Amber Road shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Amber Road shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GDYN or AMBR?

Grid Dynamics has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amber Road has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GDYN or AMBR?

Amber Road received 185 more outperform votes than Grid Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.47% of users gave Grid Dynamics an outperform vote while only 66.75% of users gave Amber Road an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grid Dynamics	Outperform Votes 72 73.47%	Underperform Votes 26 26.53%
Amber Road	Outperform Votes 257 66.75%	Underperform Votes 128 33.25%

Does the media prefer GDYN or AMBR?

In the previous week, Grid Dynamics had 3 more articles in the media than Amber Road. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Grid Dynamics and 3 mentions for Amber Road. Grid Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Amber Road's score of 0.00 indicating that Grid Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grid Dynamics	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Amber Road	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GDYN or AMBR more profitable?

Grid Dynamics has a net margin of 1.15% compared to Amber Road's net margin of -12.49%. Grid Dynamics' return on equity of -0.33% beat Amber Road's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grid Dynamics	1.15%	-0.33%	-0.29%
Amber Road	-12.49%	-33.06%	-9.60%

Do analysts rate GDYN or AMBR?

Grid Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 48.22%. Given Grid Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grid Dynamics is more favorable than Amber Road.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grid Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Amber Road	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GDYN or AMBR?

Grid Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Amber Road. Amber Road is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grid Dynamics, 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
Grid Dynamics	$371.17M	2.88	-$1.76M	$0.12	105.42
Amber Road	$85.17M	3.17	-$13.60M	-$0.49	-18.99

Summary

Grid Dynamics beats Amber Road on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.