QuoteMedia (OTCMKTS:QMCI – Get Free Report) and Rumble (NASDAQ:RUM – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for QuoteMedia and Rumble, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QuoteMedia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Rumble | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
Rumble has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 339.37%. Given Rumble’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rumble is more favorable than QuoteMedia.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares QuoteMedia and Rumble”s gross revenue, earnings per share 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 |
| Rumble | $100.62 million | 28.04 | -$81.83 million | ($0.59) | -9.64 |
QuoteMedia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rumble. Rumble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuoteMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
QuoteMedia has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rumble has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares QuoteMedia and Rumble’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% |
| Rumble | -134.60% | -22.77% | -16.34% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
26.2% of Rumble shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of QuoteMedia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Rumble shares are owned by 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.
Summary
QuoteMedia beats Rumble on 7 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 Rumble
Rumble Inc. operates video sharing platforms in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates rumble.com, a free-to-use video sharing and livestreaming platform where users can subscribe to channels to stay in touch with creators, and access video on-demand (VOD) and live content streamed by creators. It also operates locals.com, a platform where users can access free content and purchase subscriptions to support creators and access exclusive content in creator communities; Rumble Streaming Marketplace, a patent-pending application designed to enable a first-of-its-kind livestreaming and monetization service for creators; and Rumble Advertising Center (RAC), an online advertising management exchange. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Longboat Key, Florida.
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