SmartRent (SMRT) Competitors

SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) and Docebo (NASDAQ:DCBO) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SMRT or DCBO?

59.4% of SmartRent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Docebo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of SmartRent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SMRT or DCBO?

SmartRent has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Docebo has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SMRT or DCBO?

SmartRent presently has a consensus price target of $1.45, indicating a potential upside of 9.43%. Docebo has a consensus price target of $44.13, indicating a potential upside of 39.90%. Given Docebo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Docebo is more favorable than SmartRent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SmartRent	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Docebo	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media favor SMRT or DCBO?

In the previous week, SmartRent had 3 more articles in the media than Docebo. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SmartRent and 5 mentions for Docebo. SmartRent's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Docebo's score of 1.06 indicating that SmartRent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SmartRent	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Docebo	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SMRT or DCBO?

Docebo has higher revenue and earnings than SmartRent. SmartRent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Docebo, 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
SmartRent	$174.88M	1.42	-$33.64M	-$0.38	-3.49
Docebo	$216.93M	4.18	$26.74M	$0.69	45.71

Is SMRT or DCBO more profitable?

Docebo has a net margin of 9.29% compared to SmartRent's net margin of -46.54%. Docebo's return on equity of 60.39% beat SmartRent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SmartRent	-46.54%	-14.94%	-10.19%
Docebo	9.29%	60.39%	15.63%

Summary

Docebo beats SmartRent on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.