Issuer Direct (ISDR) Competitors

Meta Data (NYSE:AIU) and Issuer Direct (NYSE:ISDR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AIU or ISDR?

Issuer Direct received 18 more outperform votes than Meta Data when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Meta Data	N/A	N/A
Issuer Direct	Outperform Votes 18 85.71%	Underperform Votes 3 14.29%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AIU or ISDR?

0.4% of Meta Data shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Meta Data shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer AIU or ISDR?

Issuer Direct has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 132.76%. Given Meta Data's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Issuer Direct is more favorable than Meta Data.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Meta Data	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Issuer Direct	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AIU or ISDR more profitable?

Issuer Direct has a net margin of 2.29% compared to Issuer Direct's net margin of 0.00%. Meta Data's return on equity of 10.90% beat Issuer Direct's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Meta Data	N/A	N/A	N/A
Issuer Direct	2.29%	10.90%	5.82%

Which has better valuation and earnings, AIU or ISDR?

Meta Data has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Issuer Direct.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Meta Data	$32.43M	1.42	$694.49M	N/A	N/A
Issuer Direct	$33.38M	1.33	$770K	$0.20	58.00

Does the media refer more to AIU or ISDR?

In the previous week, Issuer Direct had 3 more articles in the media than Meta Data. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Issuer Direct and 0 mentions for Meta Data. Issuer Direct's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Meta Data'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Meta Data	Neutral
Issuer Direct	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, AIU or ISDR?

Meta Data has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Issuer Direct has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Issuer Direct beats Meta Data on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.