ASUR vs. TLS, CSPI, PLMI, TZOO, UIS, STRM, OSPN, DMRC, RBBN, and OPRX
Should you be buying Asure Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asure Software include Telos (TLS), CSP (CSPI), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Travelzoo (TZOO), Unisys (UIS), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), OneSpan (OSPN), Digimarc (DMRC), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and OptimizeRx (OPRX).
Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) and Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
Asure Software has a net margin of -8.38% compared to Asure Software's net margin of -22.22%. Telos' return on equity of 3.86% beat Asure Software's return on equity.
Telos presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.24%. Asure Software has a consensus target price of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 79.38%. Given Telos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Asure Software is more favorable than Telos.
Asure Software received 299 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Asure Software an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Telos an outperform vote.
Telos has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asure Software has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Asure Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telos. Asure Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Telos had 16 more articles in the media than Asure Software. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Telos and 6 mentions for Asure Software. Asure Software's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Telos' score of 0.64 indicating that Telos is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.1% of Telos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Asure Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Telos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Asure Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Asure Software beats Telos on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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