Cheer (CHR) Competitors

Cheer (NASDAQ:CHR) and Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CHR or PHUN?

Cheer has higher revenue and earnings than Phunware.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheer	$147.20M	0.05	$25.97M	N/A	N/A
Phunware	$3.19M	15.76	-$10.32M	-$0.65	-3.83

Which has more volatility & risk, CHR or PHUN?

Cheer has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phunware has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHR or PHUN more profitable?

Cheer has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Phunware's net margin of -510.83%. Cheer's return on equity of 0.00% beat Phunware's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Phunware	-510.83%	-12.99%	-11.77%

Do analysts prefer CHR or PHUN?

Phunware has a consensus target price of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 167.74%. Given Phunware's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Phunware is more favorable than Cheer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Phunware	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer CHR or PHUN?

In the previous week, Phunware had 2 more articles in the media than Cheer. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Phunware and 1 mentions for Cheer. Phunware's average media sentiment score of -0.20 beat Cheer's score of -1.00 indicating that Phunware is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cheer	Negative
Phunware	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CHR or PHUN?

18.5% of Cheer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Phunware shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Cheer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Phunware shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cheer and Phunware tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.