CURRENC Group (CURR) Competitors

8X8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) and CURRENC Group (NASDAQ:CURR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EGHT or CURR?

8X8 received 28 more outperform votes than CURRENC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave CURRENC Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave 8X8 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
8X8	Outperform Votes 30 50.00%	Underperform Votes 30 50.00%
CURRENC Group	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Do analysts recommend EGHT or CURR?

8X8 presently has a consensus target price of $2.99, suggesting a potential upside of 73.59%. CURRENC Group has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 130.26%. Given CURRENC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CURRENC Group is more favorable than 8X8.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
8X8	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
CURRENC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is EGHT or CURR more profitable?

CURRENC Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to 8X8's net margin of -6.33%. CURRENC Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat 8X8's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
8X8	-6.33%	-1.45%	-0.21%
CURRENC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer EGHT or CURR?

In the previous week, 8X8 had 4 more articles in the media than CURRENC Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for 8X8 and 1 mentions for CURRENC Group. 8X8's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat CURRENC Group's score of 0.15 indicating that 8X8 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
8X8	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CURRENC Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EGHT or CURR?

CURRENC Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 8X8.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
8X8	$717.44M	0.32	-$67.59M	-$0.36	-4.78
CURRENC Group	$48.72M	1.45	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, EGHT or CURR?

8X8 has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CURRENC Group has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in EGHT or CURR?

94.0% of 8X8 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of CURRENC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of 8X8 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of CURRENC Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CURRENC Group beats 8X8 on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.