(NORD) (NORD) Competitors

Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) and (NORD) (NYSE:NORD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, III or NORD?

Information Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than (NORD). (NORD) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services Group, 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
Information Services Group	$247.59M	0.71	$6.15M	$0.05	73.20
(NORD)	N/A	N/A	-$300K	-$0.40	-11.87

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer III or NORD?

Information Services Group received 89 more outperform votes than (NORD) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.97% of users gave Information Services Group an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave (NORD) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Information Services Group	Outperform Votes 395 73.97%	Underperform Votes 139 26.03%
(NORD)	Outperform Votes 306 66.67%	Underperform Votes 153 33.33%

Which has more volatility & risk, III or NORD?

Information Services Group has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, (NORD) has a beta of -0.81, meaning that its share price is 181% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate III or NORD?

Information Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.46%. Given Information Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Information Services Group is more favorable than (NORD).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Information Services Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
(NORD)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is III or NORD more profitable?

(NORD) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Information Services Group's net margin of -1.20%. Information Services Group's return on equity of 4.43% beat (NORD)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Information Services Group	-1.20%	4.43%	1.83%
(NORD)	N/A	-6.39%	-6.35%

Does the media prefer III or NORD?

In the previous week, (NORD) had 5 more articles in the media than Information Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for (NORD) and 6 mentions for Information Services Group. Information Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat (NORD)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Information Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Information Services Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
(NORD)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of III or NORD?

73.1% of Information Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Information Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of (NORD) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Information Services Group beats (NORD) on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.