CSPI vs. TZOO, CREX, STRM, RBBN, SMRT, OSPN, ECX, UIS, TLS, and ASUR
Should you be buying CSP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSP include Travelzoo (TZOO), Creative Realities (CREX), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), SmartRent (SMRT), OneSpan (OSPN), ECARX (ECX), Unisys (UIS), Telos (TLS), and Asure Software (ASUR).
CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI) and Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Travelzoo received 164 more outperform votes than CSP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Travelzoo an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave CSP an outperform vote.
Travelzoo has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.90%. Given Travelzoo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travelzoo is more favorable than CSP.
CSP has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelzoo has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
26.7% of CSP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Travelzoo shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of CSP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Travelzoo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Travelzoo has a net margin of 15.24% compared to CSP's net margin of 8.18%. Travelzoo's return on equity of 140.63% beat CSP's return on equity.
Travelzoo has higher revenue and earnings than CSP. Travelzoo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CSP had 4 more articles in the media than Travelzoo. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CSP and 4 mentions for Travelzoo. CSP's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Travelzoo's score of 1.15 indicating that CSP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Travelzoo beats CSP on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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