CS Disco (LAW) Competitors

Viant Technology (NASDAQ:DSP) and CS Disco (NYSE:LAW) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, DSP or LAW?

Viant Technology has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, CS Disco has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DSP or LAW?

In the previous week, Viant Technology had 2 more articles in the media than CS Disco. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Viant Technology and 1 mentions for CS Disco. CS Disco's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Viant Technology's score of 0.39 indicating that CS Disco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Viant Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CS Disco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DSP or LAW?

Viant Technology has higher revenue and earnings than CS Disco. CS Disco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viant Technology, 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
Viant Technology	$263.59M	4.79	-$3.44M	$0.06	334.83
CS Disco	$138.09M	2.20	-$42.15M	-$0.60	-8.47

Do analysts rate DSP or LAW?

Viant Technology presently has a consensus target price of $17.75, indicating a potential downside of 11.65%. CS Disco has a consensus target price of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 30.41%. Given CS Disco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CS Disco is more favorable than Viant Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viant Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CS Disco	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DSP or LAW more profitable?

Viant Technology has a net margin of 0.47% compared to CS Disco's net margin of -25.36%. Viant Technology's return on equity of -5.67% beat CS Disco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viant Technology	0.47%	-5.67%	-3.78%
CS Disco	-25.36%	-19.20%	-16.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DSP or LAW?

Viant Technology received 12 more outperform votes than CS Disco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave Viant Technology an outperform vote while only 49.45% of users gave CS Disco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Viant Technology	Outperform Votes 57 66.28%	Underperform Votes 29 33.72%
CS Disco	Outperform Votes 45 49.45%	Underperform Votes 46 50.55%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DSP or LAW?

11.4% of Viant Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of CS Disco shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Viant Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of CS Disco 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.

Summary

Viant Technology beats CS Disco on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.