SoundThinking (SSTI) Competitors

Vimeo (NASDAQ:VMEO) and SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is VMEO or SSTI more profitable?

Vimeo has a net margin of 6.48% compared to SoundThinking's net margin of -1.39%. Vimeo's return on equity of 6.72% beat SoundThinking's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vimeo	6.48%	6.72%	4.26%
SoundThinking	-1.39%	-8.74%	-4.57%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VMEO or SSTI?

Vimeo has higher revenue and earnings than SoundThinking. SoundThinking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vimeo, 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
Vimeo	$417.01M	1.89	$22.03M	$0.16	29.81
SoundThinking	$102.03M	1.97	-$2.72M	-$0.72	-22.04

Do analysts rate VMEO or SSTI?

Vimeo presently has a consensus price target of $7.85, suggesting a potential upside of 64.57%. SoundThinking has a consensus price target of $21.20, suggesting a potential upside of 33.59%. Given Vimeo's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vimeo is more favorable than SoundThinking.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vimeo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SoundThinking	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VMEO or SSTI?

SoundThinking received 343 more outperform votes than Vimeo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.56% of users gave SoundThinking an outperform vote while only 41.30% of users gave Vimeo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vimeo	Outperform Votes 19 41.30%	Underperform Votes 27 58.70%
SoundThinking	Outperform Votes 362 68.56%	Underperform Votes 166 31.44%

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

85.0% of Vimeo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Vimeo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of SoundThinking 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.

Does the media prefer VMEO or SSTI?

In the previous week, Vimeo had 2 more articles in the media than SoundThinking. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vimeo and 5 mentions for SoundThinking. Vimeo's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat SoundThinking's score of 0.68 indicating that Vimeo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vimeo	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SoundThinking	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VMEO or SSTI?

Vimeo has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundThinking has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vimeo beats SoundThinking on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.