MRDB vs. TWOU, NTWK, SMSI, CLPS, AWRE, DTSS, LPSN, MTBLY, SEAC, and BLIN
Should you be buying MariaDB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MariaDB include 2U (TWOU), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Aware (AWRE), Datasea (DTSS), LivePerson (LPSN), Moatable (MTBLY), SeaChange International (SEAC), and Bridgeline Digital (BLIN). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MariaDB (NYSE:MRDB) and 2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
2U received 620 more outperform votes than MariaDB when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, 2U had 4 more articles in the media than MariaDB. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for 2U and 3 mentions for MariaDB. MariaDB's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat 2U's score of 0.00 indicating that MariaDB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MariaDB has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 2U. MariaDB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 2U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2U has a consensus target price of $4.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1,131.75%. Given 2U's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 2U is more favorable than MariaDB.
30.7% of MariaDB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of 2U shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of MariaDB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of 2U shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MariaDB has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 2U has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2U has a net margin of -35.13% compared to MariaDB's net margin of -73.29%. MariaDB's return on equity of 0.00% beat 2U's return on equity.
Summary
2U beats MariaDB on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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