Ooma (OOMA) Competitors

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OOMA or UPBD?

Ooma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. Ooma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upbound 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
Ooma	$236.74M	1.65	-$830K	-$0.37	-39.03
Upbound Group	$3.99B	0.36	-$5.18M	$1.45	18.32

Is OOMA or UPBD more profitable?

Upbound Group has a net margin of 1.91% compared to Ooma's net margin of -3.83%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 34.15% beat Ooma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ooma	-3.83%	-2.51%	-1.32%
Upbound Group	1.91%	34.15%	7.60%

Which has more risk & volatility, OOMA or UPBD?

Ooma has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OOMA or UPBD?

80.4% of Ooma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Ooma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate OOMA or UPBD?

Ooma presently has a consensus price target of $16.60, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. Upbound Group has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 45.58%. Given Upbound Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than Ooma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ooma	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Upbound Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OOMA or UPBD?

Ooma received 355 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.75% of users gave Ooma an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ooma	Outperform Votes 362 69.75%	Underperform Votes 157 30.25%
Upbound Group	Outperform Votes 7 36.84%	Underperform Votes 12 63.16%

Does the media favor OOMA or UPBD?

In the previous week, Upbound Group had 20 more articles in the media than Ooma. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Upbound Group and 1 mentions for Ooma. Ooma's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Upbound Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Ooma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ooma	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Upbound Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Upbound Group beats Ooma on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.