Skillz (SKLZ) Competitors

Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) and IBEX (NASDAQ:IBEX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, SKLZ or IBEX?

Skillz has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IBEX has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SKLZ or IBEX?

19.4% of Skillz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of IBEX shares are held by institutional investors. 30.4% of Skillz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of IBEX shares are held by 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 SKLZ or IBEX?

In the previous week, IBEX had 10 more articles in the media than Skillz. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IBEX and 0 mentions for Skillz. IBEX's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Skillz's score of 0.00 indicating that IBEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Skillz	Neutral
IBEX	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SKLZ or IBEX?

Skillz currently has a consensus price target of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 131.68%. IBEX has a consensus price target of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Given Skillz's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Skillz is more favorable than IBEX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skillz	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
IBEX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SKLZ or IBEX more profitable?

IBEX has a net margin of 6.57% compared to Skillz's net margin of -40.87%. IBEX's return on equity of 22.54% beat Skillz's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skillz	-40.87%	-38.95%	-20.10%
IBEX	6.57%	22.54%	12.38%

Which has better earnings and valuation, SKLZ or IBEX?

IBEX has higher revenue and earnings than Skillz. Skillz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IBEX, 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
Skillz	$106.20M	0.76	-$101.36M	-$2.25	-2.06
IBEX	$513.68M	0.64	$33.65M	$1.89	10.36

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SKLZ or IBEX?

Skillz received 4 more outperform votes than IBEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.22% of users gave Skillz an outperform vote while only 42.31% of users gave IBEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skillz	Outperform Votes 37 55.22%	Underperform Votes 30 44.78%
IBEX	Outperform Votes 33 42.31%	Underperform Votes 45 57.69%

Summary

IBEX beats Skillz on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.