mdf commerce (MDF) Competitors

mdf commerce (TSE:MDF) and Tucows (TSE:TC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend MDF or TC?

mdf commerce presently has a consensus price target of C$4.50, indicating a potential downside of 21.60%. Given mdf commerce's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe mdf commerce is more favorable than Tucows.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
mdf commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Tucows	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is MDF or TC more profitable?

mdf commerce has a net margin of -11.43% compared to Tucows' net margin of -28.35%. mdf commerce's return on equity of -5.70% beat Tucows' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
mdf commerce	-11.43%	-5.70%	-2.48%
Tucows	-28.35%	-180.60%	-5.03%

Which has more volatility & risk, MDF or TC?

mdf commerce has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MDF or TC?

mdf commerce received 70 more outperform votes than Tucows when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.60% of users gave Tucows an outperform vote while only 48.51% of users gave mdf commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
mdf commerce	Outperform Votes 147 48.51%	Underperform Votes 156 51.49%
Tucows	Outperform Votes 77 61.60%	Underperform Votes 48 38.40%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MDF or TC?

42.1% of mdf commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of mdf commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Tucows shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MDF or TC?

mdf commerce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tucows. mdf commerce 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
mdf commerce	C$123.17M	2.05	-C$14.07M	-C$0.32	-17.94
Tucows	C$339.34M	0.78	-C$96.20M	-C$11.97	-2.01

Does the media prefer MDF or TC?

In the previous week, mdf commerce and mdf commerce both had 1 articles in the media. Tucows' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat mdf commerce's score of 0.49 indicating that Tucows is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
mdf commerce	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

mdf commerce beats Tucows on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.