CLPS Incorporation (CLPS) Competitors

CLPS Incorporation (NASDAQ:CLPS) and Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate CLPS or SMSI?

Smith Micro Software has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,096.58%. Given Smith Micro Software's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smith Micro Software is more favorable than CLPS Incorporation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CLPS Incorporation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Smith Micro Software	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CLPS or SMSI more profitable?

CLPS Incorporation has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Smith Micro Software's net margin of -59.70%. CLPS Incorporation's return on equity of 0.00% beat Smith Micro Software's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CLPS Incorporation	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smith Micro Software	-59.70%	-13.46%	-10.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLPS or SMSI?

Smith Micro Software received 159 more outperform votes than CLPS Incorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.91% of users gave CLPS Incorporation an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave Smith Micro Software an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CLPS Incorporation	Outperform Votes 111 64.91%	Underperform Votes 60 35.09%
Smith Micro Software	Outperform Votes 270 50.56%	Underperform Votes 264 49.44%

Does the media prefer CLPS or SMSI?

In the previous week, Smith Micro Software had 4 more articles in the media than CLPS Incorporation. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Smith Micro Software and 2 mentions for CLPS Incorporation. Smith Micro Software's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat CLPS Incorporation's score of 0.00 indicating that Smith Micro Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CLPS Incorporation	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smith Micro Software	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CLPS or SMSI?

CLPS Incorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Smith Micro Software.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CLPS Incorporation	$145.37M	0.17	$190K	N/A	N/A
Smith Micro Software	$40.86M	0.55	-$24.40M	-$2.96	-0.79

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CLPS or SMSI?

0.2% of CLPS Incorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Smith Micro Software shares are held by institutional investors. 58.7% of CLPS Incorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Smith Micro Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CLPS or SMSI?

CLPS Incorporation has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith Micro Software has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CLPS Incorporation beats Smith Micro Software on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.