Forian (FORA) Competitors

TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) and Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, TSSI or FORA?

TSS has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forian has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TSSI or FORA?

TSS has higher revenue and earnings than Forian. Forian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TSS, 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
TSS	$122.53M	1.51	$70K	$0.24	32.33
Forian	$19.71M	3.08	-$2.79M	-$0.09	-21.78

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TSSI or FORA?

19.3% of Forian shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of TSS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Forian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TSSI or FORA?

In the previous week, TSS had 5 more articles in the media than Forian. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TSS and 2 mentions for Forian. TSS's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Forian's score of 0.00 indicating that TSS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TSS	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Forian	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TSSI or FORA more profitable?

TSS has a net margin of 3.59% compared to Forian's net margin of 0.00%. TSS's return on equity of 87.89% beat Forian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TSS	3.59%	87.89%	11.84%
Forian	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSSI or FORA?

Forian received 10 more outperform votes than TSS when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TSS	N/A	N/A
Forian	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Do analysts recommend TSSI or FORA?

Forian has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 155.10%. Given Forian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forian is more favorable than TSS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TSS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Forian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

TSS beats Forian on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.