Hello Group (MOMO) Competitors

Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) 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 risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MOMO or BB?

BlackBerry received 218 more outperform votes than Hello Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.40% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 67.78% of users gave Hello Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hello Group	Outperform Votes 528 67.78%	Underperform Votes 251 32.22%
BlackBerry	Outperform Votes 746 69.40%	Underperform Votes 329 30.60%

Do analysts recommend MOMO or BB?

Hello Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.93, indicating a potential upside of 18.64%. BlackBerry has a consensus target price of $3.23, indicating a potential upside of 39.46%. Given BlackBerry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than Hello Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hello Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BlackBerry	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MOMO or BB?

51.0% of Hello Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. 61.4% of Hello Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MOMO or BB?

In the previous week, Hello Group had 1 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hello Group and 2 mentions for BlackBerry. Hello Group's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.04 indicating that Hello Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hello Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BlackBerry	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MOMO or BB more profitable?

Hello Group has a net margin of 12.40% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.66%. Hello Group's return on equity of 12.09% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hello Group	12.40%	12.09%	8.27%
BlackBerry	-21.66%	-3.38%	-1.92%

Which has more volatility & risk, MOMO or BB?

Hello Group has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MOMO or BB?

Hello Group has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry. BlackBerry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hello Group, 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
Hello Group	$1.69B	0.57	$275.72M	$1.00	6.68
BlackBerry	$853M	1.61	-$130M	-$0.25	-9.26

Summary

Hello Group beats BlackBerry on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.