INUV vs. TZOO, PSQH, FLNT, DRCT, IZEA, STBX, MOBQ, LDWY, IDW, and ANGI
Should you be buying Inuvo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inuvo include Travelzoo (TZOO), PSQ (PSQH), Fluent (FLNT), Direct Digital (DRCT), IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), Starbox Group (STBX), Mobiquity Technologies (MOBQ), Lendway (LDWY), IDW Media (IDW), and Angi (ANGI). These companies are all part of the "advertising" industry.
Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) and Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
27.4% of Travelzoo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Inuvo shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Travelzoo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Inuvo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Travelzoo received 360 more outperform votes than Inuvo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Travelzoo an outperform vote while only 1.89% of users gave Inuvo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Travelzoo had 2 more articles in the media than Inuvo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Travelzoo and 2 mentions for Inuvo. Inuvo's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Travelzoo's score of 0.00 indicating that Travelzoo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travelzoo has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inuvo has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelzoo currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.90%. Inuvo has a consensus price target of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 292.16%. Given Travelzoo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inuvo is more favorable than Travelzoo.
Travelzoo has a net margin of 15.24% compared to Travelzoo's net margin of -11.46%. Inuvo's return on equity of 140.63% beat Travelzoo's return on equity.
Travelzoo has higher revenue and earnings than Inuvo. Inuvo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelzoo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Travelzoo beats Inuvo on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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