Trivago N.V. ADS (NASDAQ:TRVG – Get Free Report) and QuoteMedia (OTCMKTS:QMCI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Trivago N.V. ADS and QuoteMedia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Trivago N.V. ADS | 2.19% | 7.76% | 4.23% |
| QuoteMedia | -9.06% | N/A | -34.83% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Trivago N.V. ADS and QuoteMedia, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Trivago N.V. ADS | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 |
| QuoteMedia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Trivago N.V. ADS presently has a consensus price target of $5.03, suggesting a potential upside of 34.85%. Given Trivago N.V. ADS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Trivago N.V. ADS is more favorable than QuoteMedia.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Trivago N.V. ADS and QuoteMedia”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Trivago N.V. ADS | $620.90 million | 0.42 | $12.69 million | $0.03 | 124.33 |
| QuoteMedia | $20.25 million | 0.71 | -$2.32 million | ($0.02) | -7.92 |
Trivago N.V. ADS has higher revenue and earnings than QuoteMedia. QuoteMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trivago N.V. ADS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
4.5% of Trivago N.V. ADS shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Trivago N.V. ADS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of QuoteMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Trivago N.V. ADS has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuoteMedia has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Trivago N.V. ADS beats QuoteMedia on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Trivago N.V. ADS
trivago N.V., together with its subsidiaries, operates a hotel and accommodation search platform in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and internationally. It offers an online meta-search for hotels and accommodation through online travel agencies, hotel chains, and independent hotels. The company provides travel search for different types of accommodations, such as hotels, vacation rentals, and apartments; and enable advertiser access through website and apps. In addition, it offers access to its platform through various localized websites and apps in various languages. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. trivago N.V. operates as a subsidiary of Expedia Lodging Partner Services Sarl.
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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