AWRE vs. MRDB, TWOU, NTWK, SMSI, CLPS, DTSS, AILE, MTBLY, SEAC, and BLIN
Should you be buying Aware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aware include MariaDB (MRDB), 2U (TWOU), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Datasea (DTSS), iLearningEngines (AILE), Moatable (MTBLY), SeaChange International (SEAC), and Bridgeline Digital (BLIN). 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 dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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.
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.
Aware received 118 more outperform votes than MariaDB when rated by MarketBeat users.
30.7% of MariaDB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Aware shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of MariaDB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Aware shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aware has a net margin of -36.65% compared to Aware's net margin of -73.29%. Aware's return on equity of 0.00% beat MariaDB's return on equity.
In the previous week, Aware had 85 more articles in the media than MariaDB. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Aware and 3 mentions for MariaDB. Aware's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat MariaDB's score of -0.02 indicating that MariaDB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Aware beats MariaDB on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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