PHUN vs. LTRPA, DTST, CHR, BCOV, HTCR, TRVG, OOMA, TCX, QBTS, and ONDS
Should you be buying Phunware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phunware include Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), Data Storage (DTST), Cheer (CHR), Brightcove (BCOV), HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR), trivago (TRVG), Ooma (OOMA), Tucows (TCX), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), and Ondas (ONDS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) and Liberty TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:LTRPA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Liberty TripAdvisor received 148 more outperform votes than Phunware when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.09% of users gave Phunware an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave Liberty TripAdvisor an outperform vote.
Phunware has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty TripAdvisor.
7.6% of Phunware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Phunware shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty TripAdvisor has a net margin of -17.66% compared to Phunware's net margin of -257.36%. Liberty TripAdvisor's return on equity of 49.17% beat Phunware's return on equity.
Phunware has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty TripAdvisor has a beta of 3.72, suggesting that its share price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Phunware presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 160.99%. Given Phunware's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Phunware is more favorable than Liberty TripAdvisor.
In the previous week, Phunware had 3 more articles in the media than Liberty TripAdvisor. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Phunware and 4 mentions for Liberty TripAdvisor. Liberty TripAdvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Phunware's score of 0.61 indicating that Liberty TripAdvisor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Liberty TripAdvisor beats Phunware on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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