MRDB vs. AWRE, NTWK, RAAS, LPSN, DTSS, CLPS, SMSI, TWOU, AILE, and IVDA
Should you be buying MariaDB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MariaDB include Aware (AWRE), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Cloopen Group (RAAS), LivePerson (LPSN), Datasea (DTSS), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), 2U (TWOU), iLearningEngines (AILE), and Iveda Solutions (IVDA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MariaDB (NYSE:MRDB) and Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Aware has a net margin of -36.65% compared to MariaDB's net margin of -88.89%. MariaDB's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aware's return on equity.
30.7% of MariaDB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Aware shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of MariaDB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Aware shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aware has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MariaDB. Aware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MariaDB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aware received 118 more outperform votes than MariaDB when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Aware had 120 more articles in the media than MariaDB. MarketBeat recorded 120 mentions for Aware and 0 mentions for MariaDB. MariaDB's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aware's score of -0.03 indicating that MariaDB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MariaDB has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aware has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aware beats MariaDB on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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