VerifyMe (VRME) Competitors

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

Is VRME or TSRI more profitable?

TSR has a net margin of 2.15% compared to VerifyMe's net margin of -13.15%. TSR's return on equity of 11.21% beat VerifyMe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VerifyMe	-13.15%	-11.15%	-7.46%
TSR	2.15%	11.21%	7.97%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VRME or TSRI?

8.8% of VerifyMe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of TSR shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of VerifyMe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of TSR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VRME or TSRI?

TSR received 199 more outperform votes than VerifyMe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave VerifyMe an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave TSR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VerifyMe	Outperform Votes 12 70.59%	Underperform Votes 5 29.41%
TSR	Outperform Votes 211 65.12%	Underperform Votes 113 34.88%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VRME or TSRI?

TSR has higher revenue and earnings than VerifyMe. VerifyMe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TSR, 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
VerifyMe	$24.21M	0.28	-$3.39M	-$0.36	-1.74
TSR	$88.82M	0.33	$1.74M	$0.85	15.74

Does the media prefer VRME or TSRI?

In the previous week, VerifyMe had 1 more articles in the media than TSR. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for VerifyMe and 0 mentions for TSR. VerifyMe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TSR'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VerifyMe	Neutral
TSR	Neutral

Do analysts recommend VRME or TSRI?

VerifyMe currently has a consensus target price of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 99.65%. Given VerifyMe's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VerifyMe is more favorable than TSR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VerifyMe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TSR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, VRME or TSRI?

VerifyMe has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSR has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TSR beats VerifyMe on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.