AudioEye (AEYE) Competitors

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) and AudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, INSE or AEYE?

Inspired Entertainment has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioEye has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer INSE or AEYE?

Inspired Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.63%. AudioEye has a consensus target price of $30.13, indicating a potential upside of 15.16%. Given Inspired Entertainment's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Inspired Entertainment is more favorable than AudioEye.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inspired Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AudioEye	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Does the media favor INSE or AEYE?

In the previous week, AudioEye had 10 more articles in the media than Inspired Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AudioEye and 12 mentions for Inspired Entertainment. Inspired Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat AudioEye's score of 0.35 indicating that Inspired Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inspired Entertainment	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AudioEye	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, INSE or AEYE?

Inspired Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than AudioEye. Inspired Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioEye, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inspired Entertainment	$317.40M	0.86	$7.60M	-$0.01	-1,023.00
AudioEye	$32.26M	9.87	-$5.87M	-$0.27	-96.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INSE or AEYE?

Inspired Entertainment received 53 more outperform votes than AudioEye when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave AudioEye an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Inspired Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inspired Entertainment	Outperform Votes 146 58.40%	Underperform Votes 104 41.60%
AudioEye	Outperform Votes 93 66.43%	Underperform Votes 47 33.57%

Is INSE or AEYE more profitable?

Inspired Entertainment has a net margin of -0.10% compared to AudioEye's net margin of -9.89%. AudioEye's return on equity of 34.49% beat Inspired Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inspired Entertainment	-0.10%	-6.35%	1.44%
AudioEye	-9.89%	34.49%	8.18%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in INSE or AEYE?

77.4% of Inspired Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of AudioEye shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Inspired Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.7% of AudioEye shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Inspired Entertainment and AudioEye tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.