SoundThinking (SSTI) Competitors

SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) and Yalla Group (NYSE:YALA) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSTI or YALA?

SoundThinking received 356 more outperform votes than Yalla Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.50% of users gave SoundThinking an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Yalla Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SoundThinking	Outperform Votes 361 68.50%	Underperform Votes 166 31.50%
Yalla Group	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%

Which has more volatility & risk, SSTI or YALA?

SoundThinking has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yalla Group has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SSTI or YALA?

In the previous week, SoundThinking had 9 more articles in the media than Yalla Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SoundThinking and 1 mentions for Yalla Group. Yalla Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat SoundThinking's score of 0.72 indicating that Yalla Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SoundThinking	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Yalla Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SSTI or YALA?

SoundThinking presently has a consensus target price of $21.20, indicating a potential upside of 46.71%. Given SoundThinking's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than Yalla Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundThinking	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Yalla Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SSTI or YALA more profitable?

Yalla Group has a net margin of 40.72% compared to SoundThinking's net margin of -1.39%. Yalla Group's return on equity of 21.80% beat SoundThinking's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundThinking	-1.39%	-8.74%	-4.57%
Yalla Group	40.72%	21.80%	19.28%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSTI or YALA?

60.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Yalla Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of SoundThinking shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Yalla Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SSTI or YALA?

Yalla Group has higher revenue and earnings than SoundThinking. SoundThinking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yalla Group, 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
SoundThinking	$92.72M	1.96	-$2.72M	-$0.12	-120.41
Yalla Group	$318.88M	2.11	$117.34M	$0.73	5.80

Summary

Yalla Group beats SoundThinking on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.