SoundThinking (SSTI) Competitors

eGain (NASDAQ:EGAN) and SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EGAN or SSTI?

eGain received 22 more outperform votes than SoundThinking when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave eGain an outperform vote while only 68.54% of users gave SoundThinking an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
eGain	Outperform Votes 375 68.81%	Underperform Votes 170 31.19%
SoundThinking	Outperform Votes 353 68.54%	Underperform Votes 162 31.46%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EGAN or SSTI?

eGain has higher revenue and earnings than SoundThinking. SoundThinking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than eGain, 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
eGain	$95.64M	2.08	$2.11M	$0.22	29.05
SoundThinking	$92.72M	2.01	-$2.72M	-$0.24	-60.75

Is EGAN or SSTI more profitable?

eGain has a net margin of 7.33% compared to eGain's net margin of -2.93%. SoundThinking's return on equity of 11.01% beat eGain's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
eGain	7.33%	11.01%	5.66%
SoundThinking	-2.93%	-11.69%	-6.16%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EGAN or SSTI?

53.9% of eGain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.3% of eGain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, EGAN or SSTI?

eGain has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundThinking has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EGAN or SSTI?

eGain currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.67%. SoundThinking has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 143.48%. Given eGain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than eGain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
eGain	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SoundThinking	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor EGAN or SSTI?

In the previous week, SoundThinking had 1 more articles in the media than eGain. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SoundThinking and 3 mentions for eGain. SoundThinking's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat eGain's score of 0.50 indicating that eGain is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
eGain	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SoundThinking	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

eGain beats SoundThinking on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.