Audioeye (AEYE) & Its Competitors Financial Contrast

Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) is one of 954 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Audioeye to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Audioeye and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Audioeye	-7.12%	163.66%	19.57%
Audioeye Competitors	-607.19%	26.73%	-8.88%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Audioeye and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Audioeye	$40.31 million	-$3.08 million	-58.66
Audioeye Competitors	$1.80 billion	$385.28 million	109.25

Audioeye’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Audioeye. Audioeye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Audioeye and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Audioeye	1	1	4	0	2.50
Audioeye Competitors	5780	21582	44975	1500	2.57

Audioeye currently has a consensus target price of $14.62, suggesting a potential upside of 3.89%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.43%. Given Audioeye’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Audioeye has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Audioeye has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Audioeye’s peers have a beta of 1.34, meaning that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

51.1% of Audioeye shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Audioeye shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned 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.

Summary

Audioeye peers beat Audioeye on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Audioeye Company Profile

AudioEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEYE) provides digital accessibility technology and services designed to help organizations make websites and digital content more usable for people with disabilities. Its platform is intended to support compliance with accessibility standards and regulations, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and requirements associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The company’s offerings include automated accessibility testing, monitoring and remediation tools, an accessibility interface for website visitors, and access to accessibility experts who can assist with testing and compliance programs.