Innodata (INOD) Competitors

WEX (NYSE:WEX) and Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Is WEX or INOD more profitable?

Innodata has a net margin of 14.57% compared to WEX's net margin of 11.78%. Innodata's return on equity of 44.38% beat WEX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WEX	11.78%	32.35%	3.89%
Innodata	14.57%	44.38%	20.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WEX or INOD?

WEX received 384 more outperform votes than Innodata when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.88% of users gave WEX an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Innodata an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WEX	Outperform Votes 503 59.88%	Underperform Votes 337 40.12%
Innodata	Outperform Votes 119 50.42%	Underperform Votes 117 49.58%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WEX or INOD?

WEX has higher revenue and earnings than Innodata. WEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innodata, 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
WEX	$2.63B	2.28	$309.60M	$7.50	20.06
Innodata	$86.78M	20.68	-$910K	$0.59	104.90

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WEX or INOD?

97.5% of WEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Innodata shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of WEX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Innodata shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate WEX or INOD?

WEX presently has a consensus price target of $199.73, indicating a potential upside of 32.73%. Innodata has a consensus price target of $53.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.36%. Given WEX's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WEX is more favorable than Innodata.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WEX	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Innodata	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer WEX or INOD?

In the previous week, Innodata had 26 more articles in the media than WEX. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Innodata and 5 mentions for WEX. WEX's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Innodata's score of 0.62 indicating that WEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WEX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Innodata	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WEX or INOD?

WEX has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innodata has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Innodata beats WEX on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.