Tucows (TCX) Competitors

Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) and Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, BCOV or TCX?

Brightcove has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BCOV or TCX?

Brightcove currently has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 33.23%. Given Brightcove's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Brightcove is more favorable than Tucows.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brightcove	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Tucows	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BCOV or TCX?

80.1% of Brightcove shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Brightcove shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Tucows shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media favor BCOV or TCX?

In the previous week, Brightcove had 2 more articles in the media than Tucows. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Brightcove and 0 mentions for Tucows. Brightcove's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Tucows' score of 0.00 indicating that Brightcove is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brightcove	Neutral
Tucows	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, BCOV or TCX?

Brightcove has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tucows. Brightcove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tucows, 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
Brightcove	$201.19M	0.72	-$22.89M	-$0.21	-15.19
Tucows	$339.34M	0.52	-$96.20M	-$8.29	-1.95

Is BCOV or TCX more profitable?

Brightcove has a net margin of -4.57% compared to Tucows' net margin of -25.48%. Brightcove's return on equity of -9.46% beat Tucows' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brightcove	-4.57%	-9.46%	-4.20%
Tucows	-25.48%	-490.14%	-11.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCOV or TCX?

Brightcove received 199 more outperform votes than Tucows when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.41% of users gave Brightcove an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Tucows an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brightcove	Outperform Votes 399 72.41%	Underperform Votes 152 27.59%
Tucows	Outperform Votes 200 58.82%	Underperform Votes 140 41.18%

Summary

Brightcove beats Tucows on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.