Optical Cable (OCC) Competitors

Sphere 3D (NASDAQ:ANY) and Optical Cable (NASDAQ:OCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ANY or OCC?

17.3% of Sphere 3D shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Optical Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Sphere 3D shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Optical Cable shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ANY or OCC?

Sphere 3D has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Optical Cable has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ANY or OCC?

Optical Cable has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere 3D. Optical Cable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sphere 3D, 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
Sphere 3D	$21.91M	0.88	-$23.41M	-$1.93	-0.56
Optical Cable	$72.17M	0.33	$2.07M	-$0.03	-99.84

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ANY or OCC?

Sphere 3D received 246 more outperform votes than Optical Cable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.59% of users gave Sphere 3D an outperform vote while only 64.60% of users gave Optical Cable an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sphere 3D	Outperform Votes 350 75.59%	Underperform Votes 113 24.41%
Optical Cable	Outperform Votes 104 64.60%	Underperform Votes 57 35.40%

Do analysts rate ANY or OCC?

Sphere 3D currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 362.96%. Given Optical Cable's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sphere 3D is more favorable than Optical Cable.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sphere 3D	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Optical Cable	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ANY or OCC more profitable?

Optical Cable has a net margin of -0.24% compared to Optical Cable's net margin of -106.85%. Sphere 3D's return on equity of -6.09% beat Optical Cable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sphere 3D	-106.85%	-75.32%	-34.85%
Optical Cable	-0.24%	-6.09%	-3.45%

Does the media favor ANY or OCC?

In the previous week, Sphere 3D and Sphere 3D both had 2 articles in the media. Sphere 3D's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Optical Cable's score of 0.16 indicating that Optical Cable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sphere 3D	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Optical Cable	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sphere 3D and Optical Cable tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.