GigaMedia (GIGM) Competitors

GigaMedia (NASDAQ:GIGM) and Where Food Comes From (NASDAQ:WFCF) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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

13.5% of GigaMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of GigaMedia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.2% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GIGM or WFCF?

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 43.84% of users gave GigaMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GigaMedia	Outperform Votes 203 43.84%	Underperform Votes 260 56.16%
Where Food Comes From	Outperform Votes 106 64.63%	Underperform Votes 58 35.37%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GIGM or WFCF?

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
GigaMedia	$4.29M	3.84	-$3.40M	-$0.36	-4.14
Where Food Comes From	$25.14M	2.39	$2.15M	$0.35	32.57

Is GIGM or WFCF more profitable?

Where Food Comes From has a net margin of 7.50% compared to GigaMedia's net margin of -126.94%. Where Food Comes From's return on equity of 19.58% beat GigaMedia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GigaMedia	-126.94%	-9.19%	-8.64%
Where Food Comes From	7.50%	19.58%	11.83%

Does the media favor GIGM or WFCF?

In the previous week, Where Food Comes From had 2 more articles in the media than GigaMedia. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Where Food Comes From and 1 mentions for GigaMedia. Where Food Comes From's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat GigaMedia's score of 0.00 indicating that Where Food Comes From is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GigaMedia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Where Food Comes From	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, GIGM or WFCF?

GigaMedia has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Where Food Comes From has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Where Food Comes From beats GigaMedia on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.