INUV vs. IZEA, CUTR, MATH, TACT, NSYS, LINK, PODC, FTCI, POET, and KTCC
Should you be buying Inuvo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inuvo include IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), Cutera (CUTR), Metalpha Technology (MATH), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Nortech Systems (NSYS), Interlink Electronics (LINK), PodcastOne (PODC), FTC Solar (FTCI), POET Technologies (POET), and Key Tronic (KTCC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) and Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inuvo has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Inuvo has a net margin of -14.06% compared to Inuvo's net margin of -20.29%. Inuvo's return on equity of -11.14% beat IZEA Worldwide's return on equity.
In the previous week, IZEA Worldwide had 3 more articles in the media than Inuvo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IZEA Worldwide and 1 mentions for Inuvo. Inuvo's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat IZEA Worldwide's score of 0.00 indicating that IZEA Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IZEA Worldwide received 163 more outperform votes than Inuvo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 2.08% of users gave Inuvo an outperform vote.
15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Inuvo shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Inuvo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Inuvo has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 202.76%. Given IZEA Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Inuvo is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.
IZEA Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Inuvo. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inuvo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
IZEA Worldwide beats Inuvo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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