Bandwidth (BAND) Competitors

Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and N-able (NYSE:NABL) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend BAND or NABL?

Bandwidth presently has a consensus target price of $28.83, suggesting a potential upside of 83.89%. N-able has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.43%. Given Bandwidth's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than N-able.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bandwidth	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
N-able	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, BAND or NABL?

Bandwidth has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N-able has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BAND or NABL?

In the previous week, Bandwidth and Bandwidth both had 3 articles in the media. N-able's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Bandwidth's score of 0.24 indicating that N-able is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BAND or NABL?

N-able has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bandwidth. Bandwidth 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
Bandwidth	$601.12M	0.72	-$16.34M	-$0.93	-16.86
N-able	$421.88M	4.07	$23.41M	$0.20	46.18

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BAND or NABL?

68.5% of Bandwidth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of N-able shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of N-able shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BAND or NABL more profitable?

N-able has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Bandwidth's net margin of -2.23%. N-able's return on equity of 6.31% beat Bandwidth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bandwidth	-2.23%	-0.89%	-0.26%
N-able	8.08%	6.31%	3.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAND or NABL?

Bandwidth received 400 more outperform votes than N-able when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave N-able an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Bandwidth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bandwidth	Outperform Votes 424 58.32%	Underperform Votes 303 41.68%
N-able	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%

Summary

N-able beats Bandwidth on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.