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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
66.9% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Digimarc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Digimarc currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.21%. Ribbon Communications has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 89.87%. Given Ribbon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than Digimarc.
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.
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 has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Digimarc had 5 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Digimarc and 2 mentions for Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Digimarc's score of 1.06 indicating that Ribbon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
Summary
Ribbon Communications beats Digimarc on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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