BCOV vs. PHUN, VERI, DTST, LTRPA, CHR, INOD, TRVG, OOMA, TCX, and QBTS
Should you be buying Brightcove stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brightcove include Phunware (PHUN), Veritone (VERI), Data Storage (DTST), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), Cheer (CHR), Innodata (INOD), trivago (TRVG), Ooma (OOMA), Tucows (TCX), and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) and Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Brightcove has higher revenue and earnings than Phunware. Brightcove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phunware, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Brightcove had 4 more articles in the media than Phunware. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brightcove and 2 mentions for Phunware. Brightcove's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Phunware's score of 0.58 indicating that Phunware is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Phunware has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brightcove has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brightcove has a net margin of -11.38% compared to Brightcove's net margin of -257.36%. Phunware's return on equity of -17.02% beat Brightcove's return on equity.
7.6% of Phunware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Brightcove shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Phunware shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Brightcove shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brightcove received 322 more outperform votes than Phunware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.14% of users gave Brightcove an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Phunware an outperform vote.
Phunware currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 185.29%. Brightcove has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 110.53%. Given Brightcove's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Phunware is more favorable than Brightcove.
Summary
Brightcove beats Phunware on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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