INUV vs. IZEA, MATH, RNLX, DTST, IRIX, LTRPA, ICAD, PODC, KTCC, and CUTR
Should you be buying Inuvo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inuvo include IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), Metalpha Technology (MATH), Renalytix (RNLX), Data Storage (DTST), IRIDEX (IRIX), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), iCAD (ICAD), PodcastOne (PODC), Key Tronic (KTCC), and Cutera (CUTR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) and IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) 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, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
IZEA Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inuvo. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inuvo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Inuvo has a net margin of -11.46% compared to IZEA Worldwide's net margin of -22.68%. IZEA Worldwide's return on equity of -12.08% beat Inuvo's return on equity.
IZEA Worldwide received 163 more outperform votes than Inuvo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 1.96% of users gave Inuvo an outperform vote.
29.4% of Inuvo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Inuvo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of IZEA Worldwide 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.
In the previous week, IZEA Worldwide had 12 more articles in the media than Inuvo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for IZEA Worldwide and 1 mentions for Inuvo. IZEA Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Inuvo's score of 0.00 indicating that IZEA Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inuvo currently has a consensus price target of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 227.33%. Given Inuvo's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Inuvo is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.
Inuvo has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IZEA Worldwide beats Inuvo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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