Oblong (NYSE:OBLG – Get Free Report) and Tremor International (NASDAQ:TRMR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Risk & Volatility
Oblong has a beta of 3.21, meaning that its stock price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tremor International has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Oblong and Tremor International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Oblong | $3.81 million | 0.75 | -$4.38 million | N/A | N/A |
| Tremor International | $343.77 million | 1.62 | $22.74 million | ($0.14) | -54.79 |
Profitability
This table compares Oblong and Tremor International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Oblong | -158.75% | -89.12% | -69.64% |
| Tremor International | -5.72% | 3.11% | 1.89% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Oblong and Tremor International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Oblong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tremor International | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Tremor International has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.30%. Given Tremor International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tremor International is more favorable than Oblong.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
2.0% of Oblong shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Tremor International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Oblong shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Tremor International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tremor International beats Oblong on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Oblong
Oblong, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which offers an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it provides network solutions, including Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer's office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. The company serves a range of industries comprising aerospace, consulting, executive search, broadcast media, legal, insurance, technology, financial services, education, healthcare, real estate, retail, construction, hospitality, and others, as well as government sector. Oblong, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado.
About Tremor International
Tremor International Ltd provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach relevant audiences and publishers. The company's demand side platform (DSP) offers full-service and self-managed marketplace access to advertisers and agencies to execute their digital marketing campaigns in real time across various ad formats. Its sell supply side platform (SSP) provides access to data and a comprehensive product suite to drive inventory management and revenue optimization. The company also offers data management platform solution, which integrates DSP and SSP solutions enabling advertisers and publishers to use data from various sources in order to optimize results of their advertising campaigns. It serves ad buyers, advertisers, brands, agencies, and digital publishers in Israel, the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Taptica International Ltd. and changed its name to Tremor International Ltd in September 2015. Tremor International Ltd was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
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