SMSI vs. CLPS, DTSS, NTWK, TWOU, MRDB, MTBLY, SEAC, BLIN, IVDA, and ICCT
Should you be buying Smith Micro Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith Micro Software include CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Datasea (DTSS), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), 2U (TWOU), MariaDB (MRDB), Moatable (MTBLY), SeaChange International (SEAC), Bridgeline Digital (BLIN), Iveda Solutions (IVDA), and iCoreConnect (ICCT). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) and CLPS Incorporation (NASDAQ:CLPS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Smith Micro Software received 159 more outperform votes than CLPS Incorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.91% of users gave CLPS Incorporation an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave Smith Micro Software an outperform vote.
CLPS Incorporation has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Smith Micro Software's net margin of -135.79%. CLPS Incorporation's return on equity of 0.00% beat Smith Micro Software's return on equity.
Smith Micro Software currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 942.83%. Given Smith Micro Software's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smith Micro Software is more favorable than CLPS Incorporation.
20.8% of Smith Micro Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of CLPS Incorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Smith Micro Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.7% of CLPS Incorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Smith Micro Software had 5 more articles in the media than CLPS Incorporation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Smith Micro Software and 2 mentions for CLPS Incorporation. CLPS Incorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Smith Micro Software's score of -0.09 indicating that CLPS Incorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CLPS Incorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Smith Micro Software.
Smith Micro Software has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLPS Incorporation has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CLPS Incorporation beats Smith Micro Software on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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