VerticalScope (FORA) Competitors

VerticalScope (TSE:FORA) and Tucows (TSE:TC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FORA or TC?

3.9% of VerticalScope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.1% of VerticalScope shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Tucows shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer FORA or TC?

VerticalScope presently has a consensus price target of C$10.15, indicating a potential upside of 219.18%. Given VerticalScope's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe VerticalScope is more favorable than Tucows.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VerticalScope	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Tucows	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, FORA or TC?

VerticalScope has a beta of 0.43981, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 1.103392, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FORA or TC?

VerticalScope has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tucows. VerticalScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tucows, 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
VerticalScope	C$65.75M	1.04	C$2.02M	-C$0.16	-19.88
Tucows	C$378.47M	0.75	-C$64.10M	-C$8.69	-2.97

Does the media prefer FORA or TC?

In the previous week, VerticalScope and VerticalScope both had 1 articles in the media. Tucows' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat VerticalScope's score of -0.99 indicating that Tucows is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VerticalScope	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Tucows	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FORA or TC more profitable?

VerticalScope has a net margin of 4.06% compared to Tucows' net margin of -25.48%. Tucows' return on equity of 393.70% beat VerticalScope's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VerticalScope	4.06%	3.38%	2.90%
Tucows	-25.48%	393.70%	-4.34%

Summary

VerticalScope beats Tucows on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.