Comparing zvelo (OTCMKTS:ZVLO) & Teradata (NYSE:TDC)

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) and zvelo (OTCMKTS:ZVLO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.3% of Teradata shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Teradata shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of zvelo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Teradata has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, zvelo has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Teradata and zvelo, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teradata	2	5	3	0	2.10
zvelo	0	0	0	0	0.00

Teradata presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. Given Teradata’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teradata is more favorable than zvelo.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Teradata and zvelo”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Teradata	$1.70 billion	1.29	$114.00 million	$1.42	16.13
zvelo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Teradata has higher revenue and earnings than zvelo.

Profitability

This table compares Teradata and zvelo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teradata	6.51%	149.16%	8.58%
zvelo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Teradata beats zvelo on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics. The company offers Teradata Vantage, an open and connected platform designed to leverage data across an enterprise. Its business consulting services include support services for organizations to establish a data and analytic vision, enable a multi-cloud ecosystem architecture, and identify and operationalize analytical opportunities, as well as to ensure the analytical infrastructure delivers value. The company offers support and maintenance services. It serves clients in financial services, government, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, and travel/transportation sectors through a direct sales force in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. Teradata Corporation was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About zvelo

zvelo, Inc. provides Website content and contextual categorization, and malicious and botnet detection products. It offers Web filtering, brand safety, semantic targeting, traffic quality analysis, contextual targeting, and ad fraud prevention solutions for network security and mobile service providers, and subscriber analytics. The company was formerly known as eSoft, Inc. and changed its name to zvelo, Inc. in September 2010. zvelo, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.