USIO vs. GRRR, KSCP, VCIG, SGRP, DGHI, JZ, MOGO, OWLT, WE, and HSON
Should you be buying Usio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Usio include Gorilla Technology Group (GRRR), Knightscope (KSCP), VCI Global (VCIG), SPAR Group (SGRP), Digihost Technology (DGHI), Jianzhi Education Technology Group (JZ), Mogo (MOGO), Owlet (OWLT), WeWork (WE), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Usio (NASDAQ:USIO) and Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Usio has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorilla Technology Group has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gorilla Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Usio.
20.2% of Usio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Usio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gorilla Technology Group had 1 more articles in the media than Usio. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gorilla Technology Group and 3 mentions for Usio. Gorilla Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Usio's score of 0.29 indicating that Gorilla Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gorilla Technology Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Usio's net margin of -0.58%. Gorilla Technology Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Usio's return on equity.
Usio received 49 more outperform votes than Gorilla Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Gorilla Technology Group an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Usio an outperform vote.
Usio presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 170.27%. Gorilla Technology Group has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 964.98%. Given Gorilla Technology Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gorilla Technology Group is more favorable than Usio.
Summary
Gorilla Technology Group beats Usio on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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