Institutional and Insider Ownership
11.6% of Data Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.2% of Data Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by 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.
Profitability
This table compares Data Storage and Liberty TripAdvisor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Data Storage | 0.64% | 0.79% | 0.66% |
| Liberty TripAdvisor | -2.37% | -3.55% | -1.16% |
Risk & Volatility
Data Storage has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty TripAdvisor has a beta of 3.49, indicating that its share price is 249% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Data Storage | $24.96 million | 1.13 | $380,000.00 | $0.02 | 201.50 |
| Liberty TripAdvisor | $1.79 billion | 0.02 | -$285.00 million | ($0.57) | -0.65 |
Data Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty TripAdvisor. Liberty TripAdvisor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Data Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Data Storage beats Liberty TripAdvisor on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Data Storage
Data Storage Corporation provides data management and cloud solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers a suite of multi-cloud IT solutions, including cyber security solutions, which comprise ezSecurity, a security solution for endpoint security, system assessments, and risk analysis, as well as IBM system protection, including Ransomware defense. The company also provides data protection and recovery solutions, such as ezVault for offsite data protection; ezRecovery for fast data recovery; ezAvailability for real-time data replication with minimal recovery objectives; and ezMirror for data mirroring at the storage level. In addition, it offers cloud hosted production systems comprising ezHost, which delivers managed cloud services; and voice and data solutions, including Nexxis, which specializes in voice over internet protocol, internet access, and data transport solutions, which comprise dedicated internet services, SD-WAN options, and a cloud-based PBX solution. The company offers its solutions and services to businesses in healthcare, banking and finance, distribution services, manufacturing, construction, education, and government industries. Data Storage Corporation was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
About Liberty TripAdvisor
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. operates a travel guidance platform that connects people and audiences with travel partners in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Brand Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork. It offers an online platform that provides content, travel guidance products and services, and two-sided marketplaces for travelers to discover, generate, and share authentic user-generated content in the form of ratings and reviews for destinations, points-of-interest, experiences, accommodations, restaurants, cruises, and other travel categories, including alternative accommodations, flights, and rental cars. The company provides click-based, display-based, and subscription-based advertising services. In addition, it operates Viator, an online marketplace that includes website, mobile web, and mobile app, which allows travelers to research and book tours, activities, and attractions in travel destinations worldwide; and TheFork, an online restaurant reservations platform that offers information and services for consumers to research and book restaurants. The company markets and sells its services through its own platform channels, online search engines, social media, email, media via public relations, partnerships, and content distribution. Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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