KODK vs. SOHU, UIS, FORR, NVEC, BLZE, AMSC, FARO, ZH, MIXT, and AMSWA
Should you be buying Eastman Kodak stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastman Kodak include Sohu.com (SOHU), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), NVE (NVEC), Backblaze (BLZE), American Superconductor (AMSC), FARO Technologies (FARO), Zhihu (ZH), MiX Telematics (MIXT), and American Software (AMSWA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) and Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Sohu.com received 31 more outperform votes than Eastman Kodak when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.24% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Sohu.com an outperform vote.
Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.47, meaning that its share price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sohu.com has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Kodak has a net margin of 6.71% compared to Sohu.com's net margin of -5.06%. Eastman Kodak's return on equity of 10.40% beat Sohu.com's return on equity.
Eastman Kodak has higher revenue and earnings than Sohu.com. Sohu.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Kodak, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sohu.com has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.57%. Given Sohu.com's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sohu.com is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.
33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Sohu.com shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Eastman Kodak and Eastman Kodak both had 1 articles in the media. Eastman Kodak's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Sohu.com's score of 0.09 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Eastman Kodak beats Sohu.com on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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