Snail (SNAL) Competitors

eGain (NASDAQ:EGAN) and Snail (NASDAQ:SNAL) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, EGAN or SNAL?

eGain has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snail has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EGAN or SNAL?

eGain has higher revenue and earnings than Snail. Snail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than eGain, 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
eGain	$92.80M	1.78	$7.78M	$0.09	67.00
Snail	$84.47M	0.44	$1.83M	$0.04	24.87

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EGAN or SNAL?

53.9% of eGain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Snail shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.7% of eGain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 78.2% of Snail shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer EGAN or SNAL?

In the previous week, Snail had 9 more articles in the media than eGain. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Snail and 3 mentions for eGain. Snail's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat eGain's score of -0.22 indicating that Snail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
eGain	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Snail	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer EGAN or SNAL?

eGain presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.96%. Given eGain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe eGain is more favorable than Snail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
eGain	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Snail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is EGAN or SNAL more profitable?

eGain has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Snail's net margin of -0.11%. eGain's return on equity of 5.24% beat Snail's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
eGain	3.30%	5.24%	2.52%
Snail	-0.11%	-3.17%	-0.15%

Summary

eGain beats Snail on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.