PubMatic (PUBM) Competitors

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) and PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FROG or PUBM?

85.0% of JFrog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of PubMatic shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of JFrog shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of PubMatic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FROG or PUBM?

In the previous week, JFrog had 23 more articles in the media than PubMatic. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for JFrog and 20 mentions for PubMatic. JFrog's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat PubMatic's score of 0.26 indicating that JFrog is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JFrog	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PubMatic	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, FROG or PUBM?

JFrog has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PubMatic has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FROG or PUBM?

JFrog received 38 more outperform votes than PubMatic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.00% of users gave JFrog an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave PubMatic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JFrog	Outperform Votes 96 64.00%	Underperform Votes 54 36.00%
PubMatic	Outperform Votes 58 59.79%	Underperform Votes 39 40.21%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FROG or PUBM?

PubMatic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JFrog. JFrog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PubMatic, 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
JFrog	$349.89M	9.14	-$61.26M	-$0.53	-59.23
PubMatic	$267.01M	3.02	$8.88M	$0.31	52.45

Do analysts prefer FROG or PUBM?

JFrog currently has a consensus price target of $37.72, suggesting a potential upside of 20.17%. PubMatic has a consensus price target of $21.71, suggesting a potential upside of 33.54%. Given PubMatic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PubMatic is more favorable than JFrog.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JFrog	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
PubMatic	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is FROG or PUBM more profitable?

PubMatic has a net margin of 5.96% compared to JFrog's net margin of -13.98%. PubMatic's return on equity of 5.98% beat JFrog's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JFrog	-13.98%	-5.36%	-3.77%
PubMatic	5.96%	5.98%	2.60%

Summary

JFrog beats PubMatic on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.