Inovalon (INOV) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer INOV or RDDT?

Reddit has a consensus target price of $142.22, suggesting a potential upside of 20.17%. Given Reddit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Reddit is more favorable than Inovalon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inovalon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Reddit	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INOV or RDDT?

Inovalon received 270 more outperform votes than Reddit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.24% of users gave Reddit an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave Inovalon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inovalon	Outperform Votes 348 49.43%	Underperform Votes 356 50.57%
Reddit	Outperform Votes 78 67.24%	Underperform Votes 38 32.76%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, INOV or RDDT?

Inovalon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Reddit. Reddit 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
Inovalon	$667.52M	7.14	$22.58M	$0.34	90.29
Reddit	$1.30B	16.47	-$484.28M	-$7.73	-15.31

Is INOV or RDDT more profitable?

Inovalon has a net margin of 6.73% compared to Reddit's net margin of -37.25%. Inovalon's return on equity of 10.97% beat Reddit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inovalon	6.73%	10.97%	4.10%
Reddit	-37.25%	-24.71%	-22.52%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in INOV or RDDT?

33.2% of Inovalon shares are held by institutional investors. 49.8% of Inovalon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer INOV or RDDT?

In the previous week, Reddit had 29 more articles in the media than Inovalon. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Reddit and 2 mentions for Inovalon. Reddit's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Inovalon's score of 0.00 indicating that Reddit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inovalon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reddit	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Inovalon and Reddit tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.