Analyzing QuoteMedia (OTCMKTS:QMCI) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH)

QuoteMedia (OTCMKTS:QMCI) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of QuoteMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Match Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for QuoteMedia and Match Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuoteMedia	0	1	0	0	2.00
Match Group	0	9	6	1	2.50

Match Group has a consensus target price of $42.46, suggesting a potential downside of 1.71%. Given Match Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Match Group is more favorable than QuoteMedia.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares QuoteMedia and Match Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuoteMedia	$20.25 million	0.71	-$2.32 million	($0.02)	-8.00
Match Group	$3.49 billion	2.84	$613.45 million	$2.83	15.27

Match Group has higher revenue and earnings than QuoteMedia. QuoteMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Match Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares QuoteMedia and Match Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuoteMedia	-9.06%	N/A	-34.83%
Match Group	20.17%	-324.82%	17.36%

Summary

Match Group beats QuoteMedia on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QuoteMedia

QuoteMedia, Inc. provides financial data, market research information, analytics, news feeds, and financial software solutions to online brokerages, banks, clearing firms, financial service companies, media portals, and public corporations worldwide. It collects, aggregates, and delivers delayed and real-time financial data content through the Internet. The company also offers market information and services, including streaming stock market data feeds, research and analysis information, content applications, portfolio management systems, software products, corporate investor relations provisioning, news services, mobile apps, and custom development. In addition, its data feeds coverage includes equities, options, futures, commodities, currencies, mutual funds, ETFs, and indices. Further, the company provides financial data delivery application products and components comprising quote modules, charts, market movers, news, watch lists, tickers, market summaries, option chains, filings, fundamentals, investor relations solutions, stock and fund screeners, and others; and QMod, a web delivery system for delivering market data content to Web platforms. Additionally, it offers portfolio managements systems, including Quotestream Desktop, We, and Mobile, a Web-delivered, embedded application providing real-time, tick-by-tick, streaming market quotes and research information; Quotestream Professional that offers low-latency tick-by-tick data, customizable screens, advanced charting, comprehensive technical analysis, news, and research data for financial services professionals; Web Portfolio Manager, which provides immediate web access to detailed quote data, market and company news, charting, depth/level II, filings, historical data, snap quotes, and others; and Quotestream Connect that delivers real time data feeds to individual users to power third party applications. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

About Match Group

Match Group, Inc. engages in the provision of dating products. Its portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and Hakuna, as well as a various other brands, each built to increase users' likelihood of connecting with others. Its services are available in over 40 languages to users worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Dallas, Texas.