Amber Road (AMBR) Competitors

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

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

79.7% of Amber Road shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Amber Road shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AMBR or GDYN?

Grid Dynamics has a consensus target price of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.16%. Given Grid Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grid Dynamics is more favorable than Amber Road.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amber Road	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Grid Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Which has more volatility & risk, AMBR or GDYN?

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

Does the media favor AMBR or GDYN?

In the previous week, Grid Dynamics had 10 more articles in the media than Amber Road. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Grid Dynamics and 1 mentions for Amber Road. Grid Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Amber Road's score of 0.00 indicating that Grid Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amber Road	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grid Dynamics	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMBR or GDYN?

Amber Road received 185 more outperform votes than Grid Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.23% of users gave Grid Dynamics an outperform vote while only 66.75% of users gave Amber Road an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amber Road	Outperform Votes 257 66.75%	Underperform Votes 128 33.25%
Grid Dynamics	Outperform Votes 72 74.23%	Underperform Votes 25 25.77%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AMBR or GDYN?

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
Amber Road	$85.17M	3.34	-$13.60M	-$0.49	-20.00
Grid Dynamics	$371.17M	3.15	-$1.76M	$0.12	116.25

Is AMBR or GDYN 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
Amber Road	-12.49%	-33.06%	-9.60%
Grid Dynamics	1.15%	-0.33%	-0.29%

Summary

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