ON24 (ONTF) Competitors

ON24 (NYSE:ONTF) and Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Is ONTF or MTLS more profitable?

Materialise has a net margin of 2.59% compared to ON24's net margin of -31.63%. Materialise's return on equity of 4.62% beat ON24's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ON24	-31.63%	-18.49%	-12.63%
Materialise	2.59%	4.62%	2.72%

Do analysts prefer ONTF or MTLS?

ON24 presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.85%. Materialise has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 129.08%. Given Materialise's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Materialise is more favorable than ON24.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ON24	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Materialise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer ONTF or MTLS?

In the previous week, ON24 had 2 more articles in the media than Materialise. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ON24 and 1 mentions for Materialise. Materialise's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat ON24's score of 0.00 indicating that Materialise is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON24	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Materialise	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ONTF or MTLS?

ON24 has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materialise has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ONTF or MTLS?

Materialise received 282 more outperform votes than ON24 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Materialise an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave ON24 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON24	Outperform Votes 37 61.67%	Underperform Votes 23 38.33%
Materialise	Outperform Votes 319 62.18%	Underperform Votes 194 37.82%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ONTF or MTLS?

83.9% of ON24 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Materialise shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of ON24 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Materialise 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ONTF or MTLS?

Materialise has higher revenue and earnings than ON24. ON24 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materialise, 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
ON24	$163.71M	1.68	-$51.79M	-$1.15	-5.74
Materialise	$277.18M	1.07	$7.28M	$0.12	41.83

Summary

Materialise beats ON24 on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.