GigaMedia (GIGM) Competitors

Where Food Comes From (NASDAQ:WFCF) and GigaMedia (NASDAQ:GIGM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Does the media favor WFCF or GIGM?

In the previous week, GigaMedia had 4 more articles in the media than Where Food Comes From. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for GigaMedia and 2 mentions for Where Food Comes From. Where Food Comes From's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat GigaMedia's score of 0.04 indicating that Where Food Comes From is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Where Food Comes From	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GigaMedia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, WFCF or GIGM?

Where Food Comes From has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GigaMedia has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WFCF or GIGM?

18.8% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of GigaMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 49.2% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of GigaMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WFCF or GIGM?

Where Food Comes From has higher revenue and earnings than GigaMedia. GigaMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Where Food Comes From, 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
Where Food Comes From	$25.14M	2.35	$2.15M	$0.39	28.21
GigaMedia	$3.09M	5.05	-$3.40M	-$0.36	-3.92

Do analysts prefer WFCF or GIGM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Where Food Comes From	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
GigaMedia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WFCF or GIGM?

GigaMedia received 97 more outperform votes than Where Food Comes From when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.63% of users gave Where Food Comes From an outperform vote while only 44.03% of users gave GigaMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Where Food Comes From	Outperform Votes 106 64.63%	Underperform Votes 58 35.37%
GigaMedia	Outperform Votes 203 44.03%	Underperform Votes 258 55.97%

Is WFCF or GIGM more profitable?

Where Food Comes From has a net margin of 8.42% compared to GigaMedia's net margin of -126.94%. Where Food Comes From's return on equity of 21.08% beat GigaMedia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Where Food Comes From	8.42%	21.08%	13.10%
GigaMedia	-126.94%	-9.13%	-8.59%

Summary

Where Food Comes From beats GigaMedia on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.