SOHU vs. PCYG, EGHT, QBTS, TCX, OOMA, TRVG, INOD, LTRPA, TASK, and CSGS
Should you be buying Sohu.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sohu.com include Park City Group (PCYG), 8X8 (EGHT), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Tucows (TCX), Ooma (OOMA), trivago (TRVG), Innodata (INOD), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), TaskUs (TASK), and CSG Systems International (CSGS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
Park City Group (NASDAQ:PCYG) and Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Park City Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sohu.com has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Park City Group had 1 more articles in the media than Sohu.com. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Park City Group and 2 mentions for Sohu.com. Park City Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Sohu.com's score of 0.15 indicating that Sohu.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Park City Group has a net margin of 29.27% compared to Park City Group's net margin of -5.06%. Sohu.com's return on equity of 12.48% beat Park City Group's return on equity.
26.4% of Park City Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Sohu.com shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Park City Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Park City Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sohu.com. Sohu.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park City Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Park City Group presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 38.50%. Sohu.com has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.22%. Given Park City Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sohu.com is more favorable than Park City Group.
Park City Group received 16 more outperform votes than Sohu.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave Park City Group an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Sohu.com an outperform vote.
Summary
Park City Group beats Sohu.com on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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