Forian (FORA) Competitors

Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) and Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RMNI or FORA?

73.8% of Rimini Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Forian shares are held by institutional investors. 41.0% of Rimini Street shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Forian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, RMNI or FORA?

Rimini Street has higher revenue and earnings than Forian. Forian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rimini Street, 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
Rimini Street	$426.65M	0.54	$26.06M	-$0.37	-6.81
Forian	$19.71M	3.34	-$2.79M	-$0.09	-23.56

Do analysts rate RMNI or FORA?

Rimini Street currently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Forian has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 135.85%. Given Forian's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forian is more favorable than Rimini Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rimini Street	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Forian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, RMNI or FORA?

Rimini Street has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forian has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RMNI or FORA?

In the previous week, Rimini Street had 5 more articles in the media than Forian. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rimini Street and 5 mentions for Forian. Forian's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Rimini Street's score of 0.47 indicating that Forian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rimini Street	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Forian	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RMNI or FORA more profitable?

Forian has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rimini Street's net margin of -7.87%. Forian's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rimini Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rimini Street	-7.87%	-83.26%	10.79%
Forian	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RMNI or FORA?

Rimini Street received 144 more outperform votes than Forian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Forian an outperform vote while only 63.37% of users gave Rimini Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rimini Street	Outperform Votes 154 63.37%	Underperform Votes 89 36.63%
Forian	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Summary

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