Rimini Street (RMNI) and The Competition Financial Contrast

Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) is one of 273 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Rimini Street to related companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rimini Street and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rimini Street	$421.54 million	$37.10 million	46.46
Rimini Street Competitors	$8.77 billion	$223.00 million	-23.49

Rimini Street’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Rimini Street. Rimini Street is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.8% of Rimini Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Rimini Street shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Rimini Street and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rimini Street	0	3	3	0	2.50
Rimini Street Competitors	2009	5679	9507	343	2.47

Rimini Street presently has a consensus price target of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.60%. As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 23.78%. Given Rimini Street’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rimini Street has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Rimini Street and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rimini Street	2.51%	-92.98%	4.64%
Rimini Street Competitors	-190.54%	-32.69%	-8.39%

Volatility and Risk

Rimini Street has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rimini Street’s rivals have a beta of 2.16, indicating that their average share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rimini Street rivals beat Rimini Street on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Rimini Street Company Profile

Rimini Street, Inc. is a provider of enterprise software support and services. The company offers third-party support for software from vendors including Oracle and SAP, as well as support for other enterprise applications and databases. Its services are designed to help organizations maintain and manage their existing software systems. Rimini Street also provides managed services, application management, security services and advisory support. The company serves clients internationally across a range of industries.