Red Cat (RCAT) Competitors

Red Cat (NASDAQ:RCAT) and Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, RCAT or RPD?

Red Cat has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rapid7 has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RCAT or RPD?

38.0% of Red Cat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Rapid7 shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Red Cat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Rapid7 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RCAT or RPD?

Red Cat has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rapid7. Red Cat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rapid7, 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	$17.84M	40.90	-$24.05M	-$0.46	-21.02
Rapid7	$833.01M	2.96	-$149.26M	$0.63	61.97

Does the media refer more to RCAT or RPD?

In the previous week, Red Cat had 22 more articles in the media than Rapid7. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Red Cat and 3 mentions for Rapid7. Rapid7's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Red Cat's score of 0.37 indicating that Rapid7 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Red Cat	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rapid7	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend RCAT or RPD?

Red Cat currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 58.63%. Rapid7 has a consensus price target of $44.59, suggesting a potential upside of 14.21%. Given Rapid7's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rapid7 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
Rapid7	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RCAT or RPD?

Rapid7 received 546 more outperform votes than Red Cat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Red Cat an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Cat	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Rapid7	Outperform Votes 549 56.54%	Underperform Votes 422 43.46%

Is RCAT or RPD more profitable?

Rapid7 has a net margin of 5.65% compared to Red Cat's net margin of -162.50%. Red Cat's return on equity of -66.19% beat Rapid7's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Cat	-162.50%	-66.19%	-58.99%
Rapid7	5.65%	-128.95%	5.58%

Summary

Rapid7 beats Red Cat on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.