Ideanomics (SSC) Competitors

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Ideanomics (NASDAQ:SSC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the media favor CMCSA or SSC?

In the previous week, Comcast had 55 more articles in the media than Ideanomics. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Comcast and 0 mentions for Ideanomics. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ideanomics' score of 0.00 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	Positive
Ideanomics	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast received 1084 more outperform votes than Ideanomics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.60% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave Ideanomics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1299 77.60%	Underperform Votes 375 22.40%
Ideanomics	Outperform Votes 215 67.61%	Underperform Votes 103 32.39%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CMCSA or SSC?

84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ideanomics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of Ideanomics 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ideanomics has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast currently has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.05%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Ideanomics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ideanomics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Ideanomics.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Comcast	$123.73B	1.01	$16.19B	$4.15	8.00
Ideanomics	$144.34M	0.01	-$9.83M	N/A	N/A

Is CMCSA or SSC more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 13.09% compared to Ideanomics' net margin of -5.37%. Comcast's return on equity of 19.98% beat Ideanomics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%
Ideanomics	-5.37%	-72.38%	-19.27%

Summary

Comcast beats Ideanomics on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.