JYNT vs. ACTG, APPS, REFR, XELB, RMCO, VHC, TIVO, FRG, DLB, and IDCC
Should you be buying Joint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Joint include Acacia Research (ACTG), Digital Turbine (APPS), Research Frontiers (REFR), Xcel Brands (XELB), Royalty Management (RMCO), VirnetX (VHC), TiVo (TIVO), Franchise Group (FRG), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), and InterDigital (IDCC).
Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) and Joint (NASDAQ:JYNT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Acacia Research received 2 more outperform votes than Joint when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Joint an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.
Acacia Research has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Joint has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Acacia Research presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.45%. Joint has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.57%. Given Acacia Research's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Joint is more favorable than Acacia Research.
In the previous week, Joint had 1 more articles in the media than Acacia Research. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Joint and 3 mentions for Acacia Research. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Joint's score of 0.94 indicating that Joint is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Acacia Research has higher revenue and earnings than Joint. Joint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acacia Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Joint shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Joint shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Acacia Research has a net margin of 40.89% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -9.24%. Joint's return on equity of 13.02% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.
Summary
Acacia Research beats Joint on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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