Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) Competitors

PROS (NYSE:PRO) and Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PRO or FORTY?

Formula Systems (1985) has higher revenue and earnings than PROS. PROS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Formula Systems (1985), 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
PROS	$303.71M	3.51	-$56.35M	-$0.62	-36.32
Formula Systems (1985)	$2.62B	0.48	$64.01M	$4.31	19.19

Do analysts recommend PRO or FORTY?

PROS currently has a consensus price target of $31.63, suggesting a potential upside of 40.43%. Given PROS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PROS is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PROS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Formula Systems (1985)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRO or FORTY?

94.3% of PROS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PROS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PRO or FORTY more profitable?

Formula Systems (1985) has a net margin of 2.53% compared to PROS's net margin of -8.89%. Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity of 5.21% beat PROS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PROS	-8.89%	N/A	-5.86%
Formula Systems (1985)	2.53%	5.21%	2.45%

Which has more risk & volatility, PRO or FORTY?

PROS has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PRO or FORTY?

In the previous week, PROS had 7 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PROS and 3 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat PROS's score of 0.44 indicating that Formula Systems (1985) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PROS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Formula Systems (1985)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRO or FORTY?

PROS received 503 more outperform votes than Formula Systems (1985) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.87% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Formula Systems (1985) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PROS	Outperform Votes 585 71.87%	Underperform Votes 229 28.13%
Formula Systems (1985)	Outperform Votes 82 60.29%	Underperform Votes 54 39.71%

Summary

PROS and Formula Systems (1985) tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.