8X8 (EGHT) Competitors

Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and 8X8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BAND or EGHT?

68.5% of Bandwidth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of 8X8 shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of 8X8 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BAND or EGHT?

Bandwidth presently has a consensus target price of $28.33, indicating a potential upside of 57.49%. 8X8 has a consensus target price of $2.82, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Given Bandwidth's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than 8X8.

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
8X8	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BAND or EGHT?

Bandwidth received 398 more outperform votes than 8X8 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.40% of users gave Bandwidth an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave 8X8 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bandwidth	Outperform Votes 424 58.40%	Underperform Votes 302 41.60%
8X8	Outperform Votes 26 55.32%	Underperform Votes 21 44.68%

Which has more volatility and risk, BAND or EGHT?

Bandwidth has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 8X8 has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BAND or EGHT?

Bandwidth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 8X8. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 8X8, 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	0.82	-$16.34M	-$0.93	-19.34
8X8	$719.56M	0.52	-$67.59M	-$0.55	-5.16

Does the media favor BAND or EGHT?

In the previous week, Bandwidth had 4 more articles in the media than 8X8. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bandwidth and 4 mentions for 8X8. 8X8's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Bandwidth's score of 0.30 indicating that 8X8 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bandwidth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
8X8	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BAND or EGHT more profitable?

Bandwidth has a net margin of -2.23% compared to 8X8's net margin of -9.68%. Bandwidth's return on equity of -0.89% beat 8X8's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bandwidth	-2.23%	-0.89%	-0.26%
8X8	-9.68%	-6.00%	-0.83%

Summary

Bandwidth beats 8X8 on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.