OmniAb (OABI) Competitors

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and OmniAb (NASDAQ:OABI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Is RAMP or OABI more profitable?

LiveRamp has a net margin of 0.01% compared to OmniAb's net margin of -308.78%. LiveRamp's return on equity of 0.97% beat OmniAb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	0.01%	0.97%	0.75%
OmniAb	-308.78%	-20.97%	-18.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RAMP or OABI?

LiveRamp received 147 more outperform votes than OmniAb when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave OmniAb an outperform vote while only 70.25% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LiveRamp	Outperform Votes 170 70.25%	Underperform Votes 72 29.75%
OmniAb	Outperform Votes 23 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RAMP or OABI?

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of OmniAb shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of OmniAb shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, RAMP or OABI?

LiveRamp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OmniAb has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RAMP or OABI?

In the previous week, LiveRamp had 6 more articles in the media than OmniAb. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LiveRamp and 1 mentions for OmniAb. OmniAb's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat LiveRamp's score of 0.48 indicating that OmniAb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LiveRamp	Neutral
OmniAb	Very Positive

Do analysts rate RAMP or OABI?

LiveRamp currently has a consensus price target of $39.83, suggesting a potential upside of 36.60%. OmniAb has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 167.46%. Given OmniAb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OmniAb is more favorable than LiveRamp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
OmniAb	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RAMP or OABI?

LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than OmniAb. OmniAb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, 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
LiveRamp	$728.71M	2.63	$11.88M	$0.01	2,916.10
OmniAb	$20.41M	23.28	-$50.62M	-$0.62	-5.43

Summary

LiveRamp beats OmniAb on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.