CSPI vs. TZOO, PLMI, ASUR, CREX, STRM, TLS, UIS, OSPN, CXDO, and LICY
Should you be buying CSP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSP include Travelzoo (TZOO), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Asure Software (ASUR), Creative Realities (CREX), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), Telos (TLS), Unisys (UIS), OneSpan (OSPN), Crexendo (CXDO), and Li-Cycle (LICY).
CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI) and Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
CSP has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelzoo has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CSP had 9 more articles in the media than Travelzoo. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CSP and 2 mentions for Travelzoo. CSP's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Travelzoo's score of 0.82 indicating that CSP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travelzoo has a net margin of 15.24% compared to CSP's net margin of 8.18%. Travelzoo's return on equity of 140.25% beat CSP's return on equity.
26.7% of CSP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Travelzoo shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of CSP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.0% of Travelzoo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Travelzoo has higher revenue and earnings than CSP. Travelzoo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Travelzoo has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.18%. Given Travelzoo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travelzoo is more favorable than CSP.
Travelzoo received 164 more outperform votes than CSP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Travelzoo an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave CSP an outperform vote.
Summary
Travelzoo beats CSP on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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