INUV vs. IZEA, PODC, KTCC, IRIX, INSG, MATH, RNLX, VIOT, AWRE, and NSYS
Should you be buying Inuvo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inuvo include IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), PodcastOne (PODC), Key Tronic (KTCC), IRIDEX (IRIX), Inseego (INSG), Metalpha Technology (MATH), Renalytix (RNLX), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Aware (AWRE), and Nortech Systems (NSYS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) and IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Inuvo currently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 208.64%. Given Inuvo's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Inuvo is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.
IZEA Worldwide received 163 more outperform votes than Inuvo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 2.04% of users gave Inuvo an outperform vote.
Inuvo has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Inuvo has a net margin of -14.06% compared to IZEA Worldwide's net margin of -20.29%. IZEA Worldwide's return on equity of -11.14% beat Inuvo's return on equity.
IZEA Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inuvo. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inuvo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, IZEA Worldwide had 4 more articles in the media than Inuvo. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IZEA Worldwide and 3 mentions for Inuvo. IZEA Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Inuvo's score of 0.00 indicating that IZEA Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.4% of Inuvo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Inuvo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of IZEA Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IZEA Worldwide beats Inuvo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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