VerifyMe (VRME) Competitors

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

Is SNAL or VRME more profitable?

Snail has a net margin of -2.64% compared to VerifyMe's net margin of -7.18%. VerifyMe's return on equity of -10.86% beat Snail's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snail	-2.64%	-141.25%	-2.53%
VerifyMe	-7.18%	-10.86%	-7.12%

Do analysts rate SNAL or VRME?

VerifyMe has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Given VerifyMe's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VerifyMe is more favorable than Snail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
VerifyMe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SNAL or VRME?

VerifyMe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snail. Snail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VerifyMe, 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
Snail	$60.90M	0.89	-$9.09M	-$0.04	-37.00
VerifyMe	$25.31M	0.54	-$3.39M	-$0.17	-7.73

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SNAL or VRME?

0.4% of Snail shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of VerifyMe shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.2% of Snail shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of VerifyMe shares are owned 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 favor SNAL or VRME?

VerifyMe received 9 more outperform votes than Snail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Snail an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave VerifyMe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Snail	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
VerifyMe	Outperform Votes 10 66.67%	Underperform Votes 5 33.33%

Which has more risk & volatility, SNAL or VRME?

Snail has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VerifyMe has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SNAL or VRME?

In the previous week, Snail had 3 more articles in the media than VerifyMe. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Snail and 1 mentions for VerifyMe. Snail's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat VerifyMe's score of 0.00 indicating that Snail is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snail	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VerifyMe	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Snail beats VerifyMe on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.