Analyzing Amber International (AMBR) and Its Competitors

Amber International (NASDAQ:AMBR) is one of 43 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Amber International to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

58.9% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Amber International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amber International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amber International Competitors	-53.73%	-1,002.64%	-68.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Amber International and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amber International	1	0	0	0	1.00
Amber International Competitors	84	183	204	9	2.29

As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 74.86%. Given Amber International’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amber International has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Amber International has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amber International’s peers have a beta of 0.77, suggesting that their average share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amber International	$32.81 million	-$29.15 million	43.25
Amber International Competitors	$257.93 million	-$40.93 million	-5.97

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

Summary

Amber International peers beat Amber International on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Amber International

iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides online marketing services in the People’s Republic of China and internationally. It offers iAudience, an audience identification solution that allows marketers to search, identify, and customize their targeted audience to generate or enhance brand awareness; iAccess and iActivation, an audience engagement and activation solution tailored for brand awareness-driven and performance-driven campaigns; iExpress, the lite version of iAccess solution for small and medium-sized enterprises; iNsights, an online campaign results monitoring and measurement solution; and iExperience, a content creation solution. The company also provides mobile marketing solutions, which are non-search engine marketing solutions to identify, engage, and activate audience on mobile apps, as well as monitor and measure the results of online marketing activities on such channels; and other solutions that focuses on identifying, engaging, and activating audience on non-mobile app content distribution channels comprising PC banner displays, PC video advertisements, and search engine marketing. In addition, it offers enterprise solutions that help clients collate information from various consumer touchpoints and integrate them into a single data management platform to drive sales and marketing decisions to new retail, online education, real estate, and other sectors. The company sells its solutions by entering into sales contracts with entities or marketing agencies, including marketing campaign contracts. It has a strategic collaboration with Tencent International Business Group to co-develop Smart Retail and Smart Travel SaaS solutions. The company was formerly known as Optimix Media Asia Limited and changed its name to iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited in March 2017. iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.