VerticalScope (FORA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FORA or TC?

VerticalScope presently has a consensus price target of C$10.45, indicating a potential upside of 137.50%. Given VerticalScope's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FORA or TC?

VerticalScope has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tucows. Tucows is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VerticalScope, 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$49.94M	1.39	C$2.02M	C$0.18	24.77
Tucows	C$251.54M	0.86	-C$64.10M	-C$11.78	-2.37

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FORA or TC?

7.2% of VerticalScope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. 37.1% of VerticalScope shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Tucows shares are held by company 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.

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 1.11 beat VerticalScope's score of -0.76 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

VerticalScope beats Tucows on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.