PHUN vs. DTST, CHR, BCOV, HTCR, LTRPA, TRVG, OOMA, INOD, TCX, and CUTR
Should you be buying Phunware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phunware include Data Storage (DTST), Cheer (CHR), Brightcove (BCOV), HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), trivago (TRVG), Ooma (OOMA), Innodata (INOD), Tucows (TCX), and Cutera (CUTR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) and Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
11.6% of Data Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Phunware shares are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of Data Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Phunware shares are held 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.
Data Storage has a net margin of 1.53% compared to Data Storage's net margin of -257.36%. Phunware's return on equity of 1.96% beat Data Storage's return on equity.
In the previous week, Phunware had 4 more articles in the media than Data Storage. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Phunware and 5 mentions for Data Storage. Phunware's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Data Storage's score of 0.59 indicating that Data Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Data Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Phunware.
Data Storage received 6 more outperform votes than Phunware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.12% of users gave Data Storage an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Phunware an outperform vote.
Phunware has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 151.99%. Given Data Storage's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Phunware is more favorable than Data Storage.
Data Storage has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phunware has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Data Storage beats Phunware on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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