QuoteMedia (OTCMKTS:QMCI – Get Free Report) and ZoomInfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM – Get Free Report) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
95.5% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of QuoteMedia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
QuoteMedia has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZoomInfo Technologies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares QuoteMedia and ZoomInfo Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| QuoteMedia | $20.25 million | 0.68 | -$2.32 million | ($0.02) | -7.60 |
| ZoomInfo Technologies | $1.25 billion | 1.04 | $124.20 million | ($1.86) | -2.41 |
ZoomInfo Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than QuoteMedia. QuoteMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZoomInfo Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for QuoteMedia and ZoomInfo Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QuoteMedia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ZoomInfo Technologies | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.67 |
ZoomInfo Technologies has a consensus price target of $5.93, indicating a potential upside of 32.32%. Given ZoomInfo Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZoomInfo Technologies is more favorable than QuoteMedia.
Profitability
This table compares QuoteMedia and ZoomInfo Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| QuoteMedia | -9.06% | N/A | -34.83% |
| ZoomInfo Technologies | -43.01% | 20.16% | 4.33% |
Summary
ZoomInfo Technologies beats QuoteMedia on 9 of the 13 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 ZoomInfo Technologies
ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides go-to-market intelligence and engagement platform for sales and marketing teams in the United States and internationally. The company’s cloud-based platform provides information on organizations and professionals to help users identify target customers and decision makers, obtain continually updated predictive lead and company scoring, monitor buying signals and other attributes of target companies, craft messages, engage through automated sales tools, and track progress through the deal cycle. It serves enterprises, mid-market companies, and down to small businesses that operate in various industry verticals, including software, business services, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, media and internet, transportation, education, hospitality, and real estate. ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.
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