Inovalon (INOV) Competitors

Toast (NYSE:TOST) and Inovalon (NASDAQ:INOV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate TOST or INOV?

Toast presently has a consensus target price of $40.48, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Given Toast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Toast is more favorable than Inovalon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Inovalon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TOST or INOV?

Toast has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inovalon has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TOST or INOV more profitable?

Inovalon has a net margin of 6.73% compared to Toast's net margin of 0.40%. Inovalon's return on equity of 10.97% beat Toast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	0.40%	1.54%	0.93%
Inovalon	6.73%	10.97%	4.10%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TOST or INOV?

82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.2% of Inovalon shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Toast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of Inovalon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TOST or INOV?

Inovalon received 276 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.71% of users gave Inovalon an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toast	Outperform Votes 72 38.71%	Underperform Votes 114 61.29%
Inovalon	Outperform Votes 348 49.71%	Underperform Votes 352 50.29%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TOST or INOV?

Inovalon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Toast. Toast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inovalon, 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
Toast	$4.96B	3.45	-$246M	-$0.01	-3,462.00
Inovalon	$667.52M	7.01	$22.58M	$0.34	88.69

Does the media refer more to TOST or INOV?

In the previous week, Toast had 15 more articles in the media than Inovalon. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Toast and 1 mentions for Inovalon. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Inovalon's score of 0.00 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toast	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Inovalon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Inovalon beats Toast on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.