Smith Micro Software (SMSI) Competitors

CareCloud (NASDAQ:CCLD) and Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCLD or SMSI?

10.2% of CareCloud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Smith Micro Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.3% of CareCloud shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Smith Micro Software shares are owned 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.

Do analysts prefer CCLD or SMSI?

CareCloud presently has a consensus target price of $3.67, indicating a potential upside of 43.23%. Smith Micro Software has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 487.82%. Given Smith Micro Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smith Micro Software is more favorable than CareCloud.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareCloud	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Smith Micro Software	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CCLD or SMSI?

Smith Micro Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CareCloud. CareCloud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith Micro Software, 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
CareCloud	$117.06M	0.36	-$48.67M	-$3.20	-0.80
Smith Micro Software	$40.86M	0.25	-$24.40M	-$5.20	-0.16

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCLD or SMSI?

Smith Micro Software received 264 more outperform votes than CareCloud when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave CareCloud an outperform vote while only 49.82% of users gave Smith Micro Software an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareCloud	Outperform Votes 7 58.33%	Underperform Votes 5 41.67%
Smith Micro Software	Outperform Votes 271 49.82%	Underperform Votes 273 50.18%

Which has more volatility and risk, CCLD or SMSI?

CareCloud has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith Micro Software has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CCLD or SMSI?

In the previous week, CareCloud had 9 more articles in the media than Smith Micro Software. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CareCloud and 5 mentions for Smith Micro Software. Smith Micro Software's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat CareCloud's score of -0.26 indicating that Smith Micro Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CareCloud	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smith Micro Software	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CCLD or SMSI more profitable?

CareCloud has a net margin of -35.25% compared to Smith Micro Software's net margin of -210.99%. Smith Micro Software's return on equity of -33.87% beat CareCloud's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareCloud	-35.25%	-87.98%	-50.79%
Smith Micro Software	-210.99%	-33.87%	-28.58%

Summary

CareCloud and Smith Micro Software tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.