Inspired Entertainment (INSE) Competitors

AudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) and Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend AEYE or INSE?

AudioEye currently has a consensus target price of $30.13, indicating a potential upside of 18.09%. Inspired Entertainment has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.66%. Given Inspired Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inspired Entertainment is more favorable than AudioEye.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AudioEye	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Inspired Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AEYE or INSE?

51.1% of AudioEye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Inspired Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 40.7% of AudioEye shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Inspired Entertainment shares are held by 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.

Is AEYE or INSE more profitable?

Inspired Entertainment has a net margin of -0.10% compared to AudioEye's net margin of -9.89%. AudioEye's return on equity of 34.49% beat Inspired Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AudioEye	-9.89%	34.49%	8.18%
Inspired Entertainment	-0.10%	-6.35%	1.44%

Which has more volatility & risk, AEYE or INSE?

AudioEye has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspired Entertainment has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AEYE or INSE?

Inspired Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than AudioEye. Inspired Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioEye, 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
AudioEye	$31.32M	9.92	-$5.87M	-$0.27	-94.48
Inspired Entertainment	$323M	0.83	$7.60M	-$0.01	-1,007.99

Does the media refer more to AEYE or INSE?

In the previous week, AudioEye had 5 more articles in the media than Inspired Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AudioEye and 11 mentions for Inspired Entertainment. Inspired Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat AudioEye's score of 0.13 indicating that Inspired Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AudioEye	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Inspired Entertainment	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEYE or INSE?

Inspired Entertainment received 53 more outperform votes than AudioEye when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave AudioEye an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Inspired Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AudioEye	Outperform Votes 93 66.43%	Underperform Votes 47 33.57%
Inspired Entertainment	Outperform Votes 146 58.40%	Underperform Votes 104 41.60%

Summary

AudioEye and Inspired Entertainment tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.