GDS vs. IAS, WB, VMEO, DSP, DADA, CDLX, RXT, TRMR, NEXN, and MEG
Should you be buying GDS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GDS include Integral Ad Science (IAS), Weibo (WB), Vimeo (VMEO), Viant Technology (DSP), Dada Nexus (DADA), Cardlytics (CDLX), Rackspace Technology (RXT), Tremor International (TRMR), Nexxen International (NEXN), and Montrose Environmental Group (MEG).
Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Integral Ad Science had 4 more articles in the media than GDS. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Integral Ad Science and 8 mentions for GDS. Integral Ad Science's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat GDS's score of 0.20 indicating that GDS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Integral Ad Science has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.8% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are held 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.
Integral Ad Science has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GDS. GDS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integral Ad Science, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Integral Ad Science currently has a consensus price target of $16.77, suggesting a potential upside of 71.11%. GDS has a consensus price target of $15.69, suggesting a potential upside of 65.13%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Integral Ad Science is more favorable than GDS.
GDS received 309 more outperform votes than Integral Ad Science when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.72% of users gave GDS an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Integral Ad Science an outperform vote.
Integral Ad Science has a net margin of 0.59% compared to Integral Ad Science's net margin of -43.25%. GDS's return on equity of 0.32% beat Integral Ad Science's return on equity.
Summary
Integral Ad Science beats GDS on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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