QMCO vs. IZEA, LPTH, RNLX, VIOT, AIRG, CMTL, FLUX, IRIX, PHUN, and ONDS
Should you be buying Quantum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quantum include IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Renalytix (RNLX), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Airgain (AIRG), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Flux Power (FLUX), IRIDEX (IRIX), Phunware (PHUN), and Ondas (ONDS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) and IZEA Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Quantum presently has a consensus target price of $1.43, suggesting a potential upside of 158.26%. Given Quantum's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quantum is more favorable than IZEA Worldwide.
In the previous week, IZEA Worldwide had 13 more articles in the media than Quantum. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for IZEA Worldwide and 0 mentions for Quantum. IZEA Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Quantum's score of 0.00 indicating that IZEA Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IZEA Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quantum. IZEA Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quantum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IZEA Worldwide's net margin of -22.68%. Quantum's return on equity of 0.00% beat IZEA Worldwide's return on equity.
63.7% of Quantum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of IZEA Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Quantum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of IZEA Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Quantum has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IZEA Worldwide has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IZEA Worldwide received 155 more outperform votes than Quantum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave IZEA Worldwide an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Quantum an outperform vote.
Summary
Quantum beats IZEA Worldwide on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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