EBIXQ vs. CREX, STRM, ARBB, VRME, SLE, OMQS, HCTI, KBNT, GDDY, and LDOS
Should you be buying Ebix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ebix include Creative Realities (CREX), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), ARB IOT Group (ARBB), VerifyMe (VRME), Super League Enterprise (SLE), OMNIQ (OMQS), Healthcare Triangle (HCTI), Kubient (KBNT), GoDaddy (GDDY), and Leidos (LDOS). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Ebix (NASDAQ:EBIXQ) and Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Ebix has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Realities has a beta of 3.21, indicating that its share price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.8% of Ebix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Creative Realities shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Ebix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Creative Realities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Creative Realities had 3 more articles in the media than Ebix. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Creative Realities and 0 mentions for Ebix. Creative Realities' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Ebix's score of 0.00 indicating that Creative Realities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Creative Realities has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.88%. Given Creative Realities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Creative Realities is more favorable than Ebix.
Ebix has a net margin of 0.67% compared to Creative Realities' net margin of -4.31%. Ebix's return on equity of 4.15% beat Creative Realities' return on equity.
Ebix has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Realities. Creative Realities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ebix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Creative Realities received 3 more outperform votes than Ebix when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Creative Realities beats Ebix on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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