EGHT vs. TCX, VNET, BAND, SY, CARS, CSGS, TASK, NRDS, GB, and PGRU
Should you be buying 8X8 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 8X8 include Tucows (TCX), VNET Group (VNET), Bandwidth (BAND), So-Young International (SY), Cars.com (CARS), CSG Systems International (CSGS), TaskUs (TASK), NerdWallet (NRDS), Global Blue Group (GB), and PropertyGuru Group (PGRU).
Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) and 8X8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
73.6% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of 8X8 shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Tucows shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of 8X8 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
8X8 has higher revenue and earnings than Tucows. 8X8 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tucows, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8X8 has a consensus target price of $3.54, indicating a potential upside of 29.73%. Given Tucows' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 8X8 is more favorable than Tucows.
In the previous week, 8X8 had 2 more articles in the media than Tucows. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 8X8 and 2 mentions for Tucows. 8X8's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Tucows' score of 0.48 indicating that Tucows is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tucows received 182 more outperform votes than 8X8 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave 8X8 an outperform vote while only 59.00% of users gave Tucows an outperform vote.
8X8 has a net margin of -9.28% compared to 8X8's net margin of -29.91%. Tucows' return on equity of -7.40% beat 8X8's return on equity.
Tucows has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 8X8 has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
8X8 beats Tucows on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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