Agora (API) Competitors

Agora (NASDAQ:API) and N-able (NYSE:NABL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in API or NABL?

40.4% of Agora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of N-able shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of Agora shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of N-able shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in API or NABL?

N-able received 10 more outperform votes than Agora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.10% of users gave N-able an outperform vote while only 48.39% of users gave Agora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Agora	Outperform Votes 15 48.39%	Underperform Votes 16 51.61%
N-able	Outperform Votes 25 64.10%	Underperform Votes 14 35.90%

Does the media favor API or NABL?

In the previous week, Agora had 1 more articles in the media than N-able. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Agora and 3 mentions for N-able. Agora's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat N-able's score of 0.21 indicating that Agora is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agora	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
N-able	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate API or NABL?

Agora currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.33%. N-able has a consensus price target of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.74%. Given N-able's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe N-able is more favorable than Agora.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agora	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
N-able	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, API or NABL?

N-able has higher revenue and earnings than Agora. Agora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N-able, 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
Agora	$141.54M	3.64	-$87.22M	-$0.49	-11.41
N-able	$421.88M	4.27	$23.41M	$0.20	48.45

Is API or NABL more profitable?

N-able has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Agora's net margin of -33.74%. N-able's return on equity of 6.31% beat Agora's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agora	-33.74%	-7.70%	-6.65%
N-able	8.08%	6.31%	3.90%

Which has more volatility and risk, API or NABL?

Agora has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N-able has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

N-able beats Agora on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.