SMSI vs. SKIL, UPLD, WIMI, RCAT, AUID, AIXI, MAQC, ARQQ, WFCF, and IDN
Should you be buying Smith Micro Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith Micro Software include Skillsoft (SKIL), Upland Software (UPLD), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), Red Cat (RCAT), authID (AUID), Xiao-I (AIXI), Maquia Capital Acquisition (MAQC), Arqit Quantum (ARQQ), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), and Intellicheck (IDN). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) and Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Smith Micro Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Skillsoft. Smith Micro Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skillsoft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smith Micro Software has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skillsoft has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
20.8% of Smith Micro Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Skillsoft shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Smith Micro Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Skillsoft shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Skillsoft had 2 more articles in the media than Smith Micro Software. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Skillsoft and 1 mentions for Smith Micro Software. Smith Micro Software's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Skillsoft's score of 0.29 indicating that Smith Micro Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Skillsoft has a net margin of -63.13% compared to Smith Micro Software's net margin of -135.79%. Smith Micro Software's return on equity of -16.04% beat Skillsoft's return on equity.
Smith Micro Software presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,202.33%. Skillsoft has a consensus target price of $36.67, suggesting a potential upside of 279.57%. Given Smith Micro Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smith Micro Software is more favorable than Skillsoft.
Smith Micro Software received 256 more outperform votes than Skillsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.56% of users gave Smith Micro Software an outperform vote while only 35.00% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.
Summary
Smith Micro Software and Skillsoft tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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