DMRC vs. RBBN, OSPN, TUFN, UIS, ASUR, PLUS, SWI, VRNT, SPNS, and NTCT
Should you be buying Digimarc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digimarc include Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Tufin Software Technologies (TUFN), Unisys (UIS), Asure Software (ASUR), ePlus (PLUS), SolarWinds (SWI), Verint Systems (VRNT), Sapiens International (SPNS), and NetScout Systems (NTCT).
Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) and Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Digimarc and Digimarc both had 3 articles in the media. Digimarc's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Ribbon Communications' score of 0.59 indicating that Digimarc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Digimarc has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ribbon Communications. Digimarc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ribbon Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ribbon Communications has a net margin of -7.11% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -114.38%. Ribbon Communications' return on equity of 4.32% beat Digimarc's return on equity.
Digimarc presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.32%. Ribbon Communications has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.08%. Given Ribbon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than Digimarc.
Digimarc has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ribbon Communications received 183 more outperform votes than Digimarc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.74% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote.
66.8% of Digimarc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Digimarc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are held 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.
Summary
Ribbon Communications beats Digimarc on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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