EngageSmart (ESMT) Competitors

Cellebrite DI (NASDAQ:CLBT) and EngageSmart (NYSE:ESMT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Is CLBT or ESMT more profitable?

EngageSmart has a net margin of 5.82% compared to EngageSmart's net margin of -13.89%. EngageSmart's return on equity of 60.26% beat Cellebrite DI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cellebrite DI	-13.89%	60.26%	7.19%
EngageSmart	5.82%	3.30%	3.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLBT or ESMT?

EngageSmart received 13 more outperform votes than Cellebrite DI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave EngageSmart an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Cellebrite DI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cellebrite DI	Outperform Votes 18 45.00%	Underperform Votes 22 55.00%
EngageSmart	Outperform Votes 31 59.62%	Underperform Votes 21 40.38%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CLBT or ESMT?

Cellebrite DI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EngageSmart. Cellebrite DI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EngageSmart, 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
Cellebrite DI	$270.65M	5.40	$120.81M	-$0.21	-35.71
EngageSmart	$303.92M	10.26	$20.59M	$0.12	155.26

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CLBT or ESMT?

21.8% of Cellebrite DI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of EngageSmart shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Cellebrite DI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of EngageSmart shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate CLBT or ESMT?

Cellebrite DI presently has a consensus price target of $9.35, indicating a potential upside of 24.17%. EngageSmart has a consensus price target of $25.11, indicating a potential upside of 34.79%. Given Cellebrite DI's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EngageSmart is more favorable than Cellebrite DI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cellebrite DI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
EngageSmart	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer CLBT or ESMT?

In the previous week, EngageSmart had 3 more articles in the media than Cellebrite DI. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EngageSmart and 1 mentions for Cellebrite DI. EngageSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cellebrite DI's score of 0.81 indicating that Cellebrite DI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cellebrite DI	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EngageSmart	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CLBT or ESMT?

Cellebrite DI has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EngageSmart has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EngageSmart beats Cellebrite DI on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.