CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS) Competitors

Samsara (NYSE:IOT) and CCC Intelligent Solutions (NYSE:CCCS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IOT or CCCS?

Samsara received 16 more outperform votes than CCC Intelligent Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.00% of users gave CCC Intelligent Solutions an outperform vote while only 39.18% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Samsara	Outperform Votes 38 39.18%	Underperform Votes 59 60.82%
CCC Intelligent Solutions	Outperform Votes 22 44.00%	Underperform Votes 28 56.00%

Do analysts recommend IOT or CCCS?

Samsara currently has a consensus target price of $42.07, suggesting a potential downside of 11.61%. CCC Intelligent Solutions has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 29.47%. Given CCC Intelligent Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CCC Intelligent Solutions is more favorable than Samsara.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Samsara	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
CCC Intelligent Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IOT or CCCS?

89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 60.0% of Samsara shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, IOT or CCCS?

Samsara has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCC Intelligent Solutions has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IOT or CCCS more profitable?

CCC Intelligent Solutions has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Samsara's net margin of -24.19%. CCC Intelligent Solutions' return on equity of 5.16% beat Samsara's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samsara	-24.19%	-20.39%	-10.94%
CCC Intelligent Solutions	2.36%	5.16%	3.10%

Which has better valuation and earnings, IOT or CCCS?

CCC Intelligent Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCC Intelligent Solutions, 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
Samsara	$1.09B	23.95	-$286.73M	-$0.50	-95.20
CCC Intelligent Solutions	$909.60M	7.26	-$92.48M	-$0.21	-50.57

Does the media prefer IOT or CCCS?

In the previous week, Samsara had 8 more articles in the media than CCC Intelligent Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Samsara and 6 mentions for CCC Intelligent Solutions. CCC Intelligent Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Samsara's score of 0.57 indicating that CCC Intelligent Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Samsara	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CCC Intelligent Solutions	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

CCC Intelligent Solutions beats Samsara on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.