CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS) Competitors

CCC Intelligent Solutions (NYSE:CCCS) and Samsara (NYSE:IOT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Is CCCS or IOT more profitable?

CCC Intelligent Solutions has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Samsara's net margin of -24.19%. CCC Intelligent Solutions' return on equity of 5.35% beat Samsara's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CCC Intelligent Solutions	5.02%	5.35%	3.23%
Samsara	-24.19%	-20.39%	-10.94%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCCS or IOT?

CCC Intelligent Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCC Intelligent Solutions, 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
CCC Intelligent Solutions	$926.94M	7.94	-$92.48M	$0.02	588.50
Samsara	$1.09B	25.16	-$286.73M	-$0.48	-103.15

Which has more volatility & risk, CCCS or IOT?

CCC Intelligent Solutions has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsara has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CCCS or IOT?

CCC Intelligent Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $13.78, indicating a potential upside of 17.06%. Samsara has a consensus target price of $44.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.73%. Given CCC Intelligent Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CCC Intelligent Solutions is more favorable than Samsara.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CCC Intelligent Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Samsara	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CCCS or IOT?

95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.0% of Samsara shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CCCS or IOT?

In the previous week, CCC Intelligent Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Samsara. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CCC Intelligent Solutions and 9 mentions for Samsara. CCC Intelligent Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Samsara's score of 0.71 indicating that CCC Intelligent Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CCC Intelligent Solutions	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Samsara	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCCS or IOT?

Samsara received 14 more outperform votes than CCC Intelligent Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.30% of users gave CCC Intelligent Solutions an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CCC Intelligent Solutions	Outperform Votes 25 46.30%	Underperform Votes 29 53.70%
Samsara	Outperform Votes 39 37.50%	Underperform Votes 65 62.50%

Summary

CCC Intelligent Solutions beats Samsara on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.