Red Cat (RCAT) Competitors

Red Cat (NASDAQ:RCAT) and Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer RCAT or FSLY?

Red Cat currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.89%. Fastly has a consensus target price of $7.94, suggesting a potential upside of 24.13%. Given Fastly's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fastly is more favorable than Red Cat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Cat	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fastly	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Which has more volatility and risk, RCAT or FSLY?

Red Cat has a beta of -0.07, meaning that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastly has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RCAT or FSLY?

Fastly received 125 more outperform votes than Red Cat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Red Cat an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Fastly an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Cat	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Fastly	Outperform Votes 128 49.04%	Underperform Votes 133 50.96%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RCAT or FSLY?

Red Cat has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fastly. Red Cat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastly, 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
Red Cat	$18.86M	18.79	-$24.05M	-$0.46	-10.22
Fastly	$505.99M	1.77	-$133.09M	-$1.09	-5.87

Is RCAT or FSLY more profitable?

Fastly has a net margin of -27.47% compared to Red Cat's net margin of -162.50%. Fastly's return on equity of -13.24% beat Red Cat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Cat	-162.50%	-66.19%	-58.99%
Fastly	-27.47%	-13.24%	-8.67%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RCAT or FSLY?

38.0% of Red Cat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Fastly shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Red Cat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Fastly shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RCAT or FSLY?

In the previous week, Fastly had 5 more articles in the media than Red Cat. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fastly and 7 mentions for Red Cat. Red Cat's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Fastly's score of 0.64 indicating that Red Cat is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Red Cat	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fastly	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fastly beats Red Cat on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.