Cango (CANG) Competitors

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) and Cango (NYSE:CANG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SPT or CANG?

Cango has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sprout Social. Sprout Social is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cango, 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
Sprout Social	$392.40M	4.17	-$66.43M	-$1.20	-23.87
Cango	$239.71M	1.71	-$5.33M	$0.17	22.12

Which has more volatility and risk, SPT or CANG?

Sprout Social has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cango has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SPT or CANG?

4.2% of Cango shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Cango shares are owned by company 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 media favor SPT or CANG?

In the previous week, Sprout Social had 11 more articles in the media than Cango. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sprout Social and 2 mentions for Cango. Cango's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Sprout Social's score of 0.31 indicating that Cango is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprout Social	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cango	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SPT or CANG more profitable?

Cango has a net margin of 51.90% compared to Sprout Social's net margin of -17.24%. Cango's return on equity of 3.55% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprout Social	-17.24%	-40.94%	-15.70%
Cango	51.90%	3.55%	3.02%

Do analysts recommend SPT or CANG?

Sprout Social currently has a consensus target price of $47.08, indicating a potential upside of 64.40%. Given Sprout Social's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than Cango.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprout Social	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Cango	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPT or CANG?

Sprout Social received 11 more outperform votes than Cango when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Cango an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprout Social	Outperform Votes 87 61.27%	Underperform Votes 55 38.73%
Cango	Outperform Votes 76 57.58%	Underperform Votes 56 42.42%

Summary

Sprout Social and Cango tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.