iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ – Get Free Report) and QuoteMedia (OTCMKTS:QMCI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
52.7% of iQIYI shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of QuoteMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares iQIYI and QuoteMedia”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| iQIYI | $4.00 billion | 0.53 | $104.68 million | ($0.06) | -37.00 |
| QuoteMedia | $18.74 million | 0.77 | -$1.33 million | ($0.03) | -5.32 |
iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than QuoteMedia. iQIYI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuoteMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
iQIYI has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuoteMedia has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for iQIYI and QuoteMedia, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| iQIYI | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.13 |
| QuoteMedia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
iQIYI currently has a consensus target price of $2.57, indicating a potential upside of 15.95%. Given iQIYI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe iQIYI is more favorable than QuoteMedia.
Profitability
This table compares iQIYI and QuoteMedia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| iQIYI | -1.45% | -2.44% | -0.71% |
| QuoteMedia | -12.55% | N/A | -33.71% |
Summary
iQIYI beats QuoteMedia on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About iQIYI
iQIYI, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides online entertainment video services in the People's Republic of China. It offers various products and services, including online video, online games, online literature, animations, and other products. The company operates a platform that provides a collection of internet video content, such as professionally produced content licensed from professional content providers and self-produced content. It also offers membership, online advertising, content distribution, and live broadcasting services. In addition, the company operates iQIYI Show, a live broadcasting platform that enables users to follow their favorite hosts and shows in real time through live broadcasting; and iQIYI Lite that offers an easy and quick access to the personalized videos based on their user preferences. Further, it is involved in the talent agency and IP licensing activities, as well as engages in developing a video community app. The company was formerly known as Qiyi.com, Inc. and changed its name to iQIYI, Inc. in November 2017. iQIYI, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. iQIYI, Inc. is a subsidiary of Baidu, Inc.
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.
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