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MCHX vs. BCOV, TZOO, DHX, LPSN, MOVE, META, EQIX, SE, EBAY, and CSGP

Should you be buying Marchex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marchex include Brightcove (BCOV), Travelzoo (TZOO), DHI Group (DHX), LivePerson (LPSN), Movano (MOVE), Meta Platforms (META), Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), and CoStar Group (CSGP). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Marchex vs.

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

Brightcove received 102 more outperform votes than Marchex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.74% of users gave Brightcove an outperform vote while only 48.82% of users gave Marchex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BrightcoveOutperform Votes
411
72.74%
Underperform Votes
154
27.26%
MarchexOutperform Votes
309
48.82%
Underperform Votes
324
51.18%

Marchex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brightcove. Marchex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brightcove, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brightcove$201.19M1.00-$22.89M-$0.21-21.19
Marchex$48.59M1.76-$9.91M-$0.09-21.72

80.1% of Brightcove shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Marchex shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Brightcove shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Marchex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Brightcove has a net margin of -4.57% compared to Marchex's net margin of -8.60%. Brightcove's return on equity of -9.46% beat Marchex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brightcove-4.57% -9.46% -4.20%
Marchex -8.60%-10.76%-8.21%

Brightcove currently has a consensus target price of $3.98, indicating a potential downside of 10.67%. Given Brightcove's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Brightcove is more favorable than Marchex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brightcove
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Marchex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Brightcove has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marchex has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Marchex had 7 more articles in the media than Brightcove. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Marchex and 0 mentions for Brightcove. Brightcove's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Marchex's score of 0.82 indicating that Brightcove is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brightcove Positive
Marchex Positive

Summary

Brightcove beats Marchex on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MCHX vs. The Competition

MetricMarchexBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$85.40M$21.84B$24.56B$8.44B
Dividend YieldN/A2.54%2.79%4.00%
P/E Ratio-21.7234.7043.9819.39
Price / Sales1.768.162,649.64117.49
Price / CashN/A32.3034.6134.62
Price / Book2.365.696.334.33
Net Income-$9.91M$681.84M$733.81M$246.62M
7 Day Performance-0.76%-2.46%-0.70%-1.45%
1 Month Performance1.30%-7.42%-4.67%-6.46%
1 Year Performance40.65%2.88%10.13%5.20%

Marchex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCHX
Marchex
2.3079 of 5 stars
$1.96
+0.3%
N/A+39.6%$85.40M$48.59M-21.72190
BCOV
Brightcove
0.703 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720
TZOO
Travelzoo
4.1281 of 5 stars
$16.98
-0.2%
$24.33
+43.3%
+84.4%$200.36M$84.48M15.87210
DHX
DHI Group
4.4794 of 5 stars
$2.32
-11.5%
$5.25
+126.3%
-12.5%$113.50M$141.93M232.23530Positive News
LPSN
LivePerson
0.666 of 5 stars
$1.14
-2.6%
$1.25
+9.6%
-2.7%$102.89M$334.74M-0.751,095Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MOVE
Movano
2.2652 of 5 stars
$4.75
-5.0%
$30.00
+531.6%
-62.5%$31.51M$902,000.00-0.9330Short Interest ↑
META
Meta Platforms
3.6485 of 5 stars
$668.13
-2.3%
$719.26
+7.7%
+33.9%$1.69T$164.50B27.9374,067Insider Trade
Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.4277 of 5 stars
$909.01
-1.2%
$994.82
+9.4%
+2.8%$88.48B$8.75B106.3213,606Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SE
SEA
1.5698 of 5 stars
$126.95
-0.5%
$91.21
-28.1%
+162.9%$72.66B$15.49B846.3062,700Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
EBAY
eBay
4.1041 of 5 stars
$69.99
+0.9%
$63.38
-9.5%
+32.9%$33.53B$10.27B17.5912,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CSGP
CoStar Group
3.2292 of 5 stars
$77.49
+0.9%
$88.00
+13.6%
-10.9%$31.77B$2.74B221.406,152

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This page (NASDAQ:MCHX) was last updated on 3/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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