OmniAb (OABI) Competitors

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

Is OABI or IBTA more profitable?

Ibotta has a net margin of 16.24% compared to OmniAb's net margin of -229.11%. Ibotta's return on equity of 15.04% beat OmniAb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OmniAb	-229.11%	-21.37%	-18.84%
Ibotta	16.24%	15.04%	9.71%

Do analysts prefer OABI or IBTA?

OmniAb presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 253.54%. Ibotta has a consensus price target of $61.60, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. Given OmniAb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe OmniAb is more favorable than Ibotta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OmniAb	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ibotta	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OABI or IBTA?

72.1% of OmniAb shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of OmniAb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Ibotta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, OABI or IBTA?

OmniAb has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ibotta has a beta of -1.29, suggesting that its share price is 229% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OABI or IBTA?

In the previous week, OmniAb had 1 more articles in the media than Ibotta. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OmniAb and 1 mentions for Ibotta. OmniAb's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ibotta's score of 0.00 indicating that OmniAb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OmniAb	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ibotta	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OABI or IBTA?

Ibotta has higher revenue and earnings than OmniAb. OmniAb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ibotta, 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
OmniAb	$26.39M	9.16	-$62.03M	-$0.58	-3.41
Ibotta	$369.50M	2.53	$68.74M	$1.48	24.97

Summary

Ibotta beats OmniAb on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.