GAN (GAN) Competitors

GAN (NASDAQ:GAN) and Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) 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 valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GAN or CRNC?

GAN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cerence. GAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, 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
GAN	$135.00M	0.59	-$34.44M	-$0.18	-9.64
Cerence	$244.07M	1.33	-$588.08M	-$15.22	-0.50

Do analysts recommend GAN or CRNC?

Cerence has a consensus target price of $8.60, suggesting a potential upside of 14.06%. Given Cerence's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cerence is more favorable than GAN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cerence	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more volatility & risk, GAN or CRNC?

GAN has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 3.01, meaning that its stock price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAN or CRNC?

Cerence received 79 more outperform votes than GAN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.88% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAN	Outperform Votes 11 33.33%	Underperform Votes 22 66.67%
Cerence	Outperform Votes 90 54.88%	Underperform Votes 74 45.12%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GAN or CRNC?

16.7% of GAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Cerence shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of GAN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Cerence shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GAN or CRNC?

In the previous week, GAN had 2 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GAN and 3 mentions for Cerence. Cerence's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat GAN's score of 0.29 indicating that Cerence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAN	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cerence	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GAN or CRNC more profitable?

GAN has a net margin of -9.84% compared to Cerence's net margin of -260.68%. GAN's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cerence's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAN	-9.84%	N/A	-15.85%
Cerence	-260.68%	-8.66%	-2.56%

Summary

Cerence beats GAN on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.