Brightcove (BCOV) Competitors

trivago (NASDAQ:TRVG) and Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRVG or BCOV?

Brightcove received 91 more outperform votes than trivago when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.41% of users gave Brightcove an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave trivago an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
trivago	Outperform Votes 308 58.78%	Underperform Votes 216 41.22%
Brightcove	Outperform Votes 399 72.41%	Underperform Votes 152 27.59%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TRVG or BCOV?

Brightcove has lower revenue, but higher earnings than trivago. trivago is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brightcove, 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
trivago	$524.90M	0.22	-$178.01M	-$0.07	-24.00
Brightcove	$201.19M	0.67	-$22.89M	-$0.21	-14.24

Is TRVG or BCOV more profitable?

Brightcove has a net margin of -4.57% compared to trivago's net margin of -5.77%. trivago's return on equity of -1.20% beat Brightcove's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
trivago	-5.77%	-1.20%	-0.77%
Brightcove	-4.57%	-9.46%	-4.20%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRVG or BCOV?

4.5% of trivago shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Brightcove shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of trivago shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Brightcove shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TRVG or BCOV?

In the previous week, Brightcove had 1 more articles in the media than trivago. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brightcove and 2 mentions for trivago. trivago's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Brightcove's score of 0.56 indicating that trivago is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
trivago	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brightcove	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TRVG or BCOV?

trivago has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brightcove has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TRVG or BCOV?

trivago presently has a consensus target price of $2.55, indicating a potential upside of 51.79%. Brightcove has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 42.14%. Given trivago's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe trivago is more favorable than Brightcove.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
trivago	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Brightcove	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Brightcove beats trivago on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.