FORA vs. EGLX, BRAG, I, IDG, CWL, CHW, SPN, MBA, XX, and PKT
Should you be buying VerticalScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VerticalScope include Enthusiast Gaming (EGLX), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Caldwell Partners International (CWL), Chesswood Group (CHW), Snipp Interactive (SPN), CIBT Education Group (MBA), Avante Logixx (XX), and Parkit Enterprise (PKT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
VerticalScope vs.
Enthusiast Gaming (TSE:EGLX) and VerticalScope (TSE:FORA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
7.3% of Enthusiast Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of VerticalScope shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Enthusiast Gaming shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.4% of VerticalScope shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
VerticalScope received 13 more outperform votes than Enthusiast Gaming when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave VerticalScope an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Enthusiast Gaming an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enthusiast Gaming had 3 more articles in the media than VerticalScope. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enthusiast Gaming and 0 mentions for VerticalScope. Enthusiast Gaming's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat VerticalScope's score of -0.76 indicating that Enthusiast Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enthusiast Gaming currently has a consensus price target of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 406.33%. VerticalScope has a consensus price target of C$11.92, indicating a potential upside of 120.68%. Given Enthusiast Gaming's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enthusiast Gaming is more favorable than VerticalScope.
VerticalScope has a net margin of -30.78% compared to Enthusiast Gaming's net margin of -38.07%. VerticalScope's return on equity of -27.88% beat Enthusiast Gaming's return on equity.
VerticalScope has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enthusiast Gaming. VerticalScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enthusiast Gaming, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
VerticalScope beats Enthusiast Gaming on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FORA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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