Grid Dynamics (GDYN) Competitors

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) and ChannelAdvisor (NYSE:ECOM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GDYN or ECOM?

ChannelAdvisor received 357 more outperform votes than Grid Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Grid Dynamics an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave ChannelAdvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grid Dynamics	Outperform Votes 60 70.59%	Underperform Votes 25 29.41%
ChannelAdvisor	Outperform Votes 417 60.52%	Underperform Votes 272 39.48%

Is GDYN or ECOM more profitable?

ChannelAdvisor has a net margin of 21.39% compared to Grid Dynamics' net margin of 0.72%. ChannelAdvisor's return on equity of 6.86% beat Grid Dynamics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grid Dynamics	0.72%	3.31%	2.87%
ChannelAdvisor	21.39%	6.86%	5.32%

Do analysts prefer GDYN or ECOM?

Grid Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $15.20, suggesting a potential upside of 60.00%. Given Grid Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grid Dynamics is more favorable than ChannelAdvisor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grid Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ChannelAdvisor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to GDYN or ECOM?

In the previous week, Grid Dynamics had 6 more articles in the media than ChannelAdvisor. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Grid Dynamics and 0 mentions for ChannelAdvisor. Grid Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat ChannelAdvisor's score of 0.58 indicating that Grid Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grid Dynamics	Positive
ChannelAdvisor	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GDYN or ECOM?

71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of ChannelAdvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of ChannelAdvisor shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GDYN or ECOM?

Grid Dynamics has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, ChannelAdvisor has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GDYN or ECOM?

ChannelAdvisor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grid Dynamics. ChannelAdvisor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grid Dynamics, 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
Grid Dynamics	$312.91M	2.32	-$1.76M	$0.03	316.77
ChannelAdvisor	$167.73M	3.98	$47.22M	$1.18	19.57

Summary

Grid Dynamics beats ChannelAdvisor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.