WidePoint - WYY Competitors

WidePoint (NYSE:WYY) and Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) 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 analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WYY or CREX?

Creative Realities received 2 more outperform votes than WidePoint when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Creative Realities an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave WidePoint an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WidePoint	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 13 100.00%
Creative Realities	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WYY or CREX?

11.7% of WidePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Creative Realities shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of WidePoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Creative Realities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend WYY or CREX?

Creative Realities has a consensus target price of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.39%. Given Creative Realities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Creative Realities is more favorable than WidePoint.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WidePoint	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Creative Realities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is WYY or CREX more profitable?

Creative Realities has a net margin of 3.89% compared to WidePoint's net margin of -16.03%. WidePoint's return on equity of 2.98% beat Creative Realities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WidePoint	-16.03%	2.98%	1.53%
Creative Realities	3.89%	-4.69%	-1.73%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WYY or CREX?

WidePoint has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Realities. WidePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creative Realities, 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
WidePoint	$95.22 million	0.17	$340 thousand	-$1.74	-1.05
Creative Realities	$18.44 million	2.38	$230 thousand	$0.05	40.41

Does the media favor WYY or CREX?

In the previous week, Creative Realities had 6 more articles in the media than WidePoint. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Creative Realities and 1 mentions for WidePoint. Creative Realities' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat WidePoint's score of 0.00 indicating that Creative Realities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WidePoint	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Creative Realities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, WYY or CREX?

WidePoint has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Realities has a beta of 2.91, meaning that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Creative Realities beats WidePoint on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.