ISDR vs. PSQH, AMWL, RSSS, STFS, CURR, QRHC, VCSA, NOTV, PHUN, and VERI
Should you be buying Issuer Direct stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Issuer Direct include PSQ (PSQH), American Well (AMWL), Research Solutions (RSSS), Star Fashion Culture (STFS), CURRENC Group (CURR), Quest Resource (QRHC), Vacasa (VCSA), Inotiv (NOTV), Phunware (PHUN), and Veritone (VERI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Issuer Direct vs.
Issuer Direct (NYSE:ISDR) and PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Issuer Direct has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PSQ has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Issuer Direct has a net margin of -4.54% compared to PSQ's net margin of -227.52%. Issuer Direct's return on equity of 5.03% beat PSQ's return on equity.
Issuer Direct received 35 more outperform votes than PSQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave PSQ an outperform vote while only 78.43% of users gave Issuer Direct an outperform vote.
Issuer Direct has higher revenue and earnings than PSQ. Issuer Direct is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PSQ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PSQ had 4 more articles in the media than Issuer Direct. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PSQ and 2 mentions for Issuer Direct. PSQ's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Issuer Direct's score of 0.00 indicating that PSQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PSQ has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.63%. Given PSQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PSQ is more favorable than Issuer Direct.
50.0% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of PSQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of PSQ shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Issuer Direct and PSQ tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ISDR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
