Ideanomics (SSC) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CMCSA or SSC?

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ideanomics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of Ideanomics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast received 1078 more outperform votes than Ideanomics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.17% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave Ideanomics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1293 78.17%	Underperform Votes 361 21.83%
Ideanomics	Outperform Votes 215 67.61%	Underperform Votes 103 32.39%

Does the media prefer CMCSA or SSC?

In the previous week, Comcast had 73 more articles in the media than Ideanomics. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Comcast and 0 mentions for Ideanomics. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 0.87 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

Do analysts rate CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast presently has a consensus price target of $47.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.36%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Ideanomics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Ideanomics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CMCSA or SSC more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 11.92% compared to Ideanomics' net margin of -5.37%. Comcast's return on equity of 19.81% beat Ideanomics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	11.92%	19.81%	6.28%
Ideanomics	-5.37%	-72.38%	-19.27%

Which has better valuation and 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	$121.57B	1.05	$15.39B	$3.72	8.94
Ideanomics	$144.34M	0.00	-$9.83M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, CMCSA or SSC?

Comcast has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more 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.

Summary

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