CompuMed (OTCMKTS:CMPD) versus Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) Financial Comparison

CompuMed (OTCMKTS:CMPD) and Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for CompuMed and Brightcove, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompuMed	0	0	0	0	N/A
Brightcove	0	1	1	0	2.50

Brightcove has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 68.78%. Given Brightcove’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brightcove is more favorable than CompuMed.

Volatility & Risk

CompuMed has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brightcove has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CompuMed and Brightcove’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompuMed	2.37%	4.54%	3.27%
Brightcove	-4.28%	-8.86%	-3.88%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CompuMed and Brightcove”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CompuMed	$5.84 million	0.82	-$30,000.00	$0.04	90.75
Brightcove	$200.86 million	0.53	-$22.89 million	($0.22)	-10.77

CompuMed has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brightcove. Brightcove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompuMed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

80.1% of Brightcove shares are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of CompuMed shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Brightcove shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CompuMed beats Brightcove on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CompuMed

CompuMed, Inc., an enterprise telemedicine solutions company, provides clinical care services for patients and medical facilities. It offers telecardiology and teleradiology services that provide real-time access to U.S. Board-Certified specialists through cloud-based technology and integrated medical devices to medical facilities worldwide. The company also provides enterprise telemedicine solutions; a suite of telecardiology services and diagnostic exam interpretations for pediatric and adult patients, including electrocardiogram (ECG) devices, echocardiogram, ECG, vascular, holter, nuclear, and video consults; and reading, transcription, reporting, storage, and video consultations in the areas of Vscan, X-ray, ultrasound, mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and radiologist video consults. It also offers OsteoGram software that works in combination with standard or digital X-ray equipment to support osteoporosis screening, diagnosis, and therapy monitoring. In addition, the company provides mobile ECG and ultrasound solutions that provide patients with immediate access to its board-certified specialists; and medical devices. It serves organ procurement organizations, rural healthcare, and correctional healthcare industries. CompuMed, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About Brightcove

Brightcove Inc. provides cloud-based streaming services the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Japan, India, and the Middle East. It offers Video Cloud, an online video streaming platform that enables its customers to publish, deliver, and distribute high-quality video to internet-connected devices. The company’s solutions and products comprise Brightcove Marketing Studio, a video streaming solution; Brightcove Communications Studio for marketers and corporate communications professionals; Brightcove Media Studio, a solution for over-the-top (OTT) video services, media publishers, and leading broadcasters to monetize their media, live stream at scale, and nurture their audience lifecycle; Brightcove Audience Insights, a customer data platform for video streaming businesses; Zencoder, a cloud-based video encoding service; and Brightcove Beacon, a platform that enables its customers to launch premium OTT video streaming experiences, as well as Brightcove Marketplace. It also provides ad monetization; professional; customer success, support, and documentation; online and onsite training; and video.js and developer solutions. The company serves media companies, broadcasters, digital publishers, sports and entertainment companies, fashion and hospitality brands, faith-based institutions, retail and e-commerce businesses, and technology organizations, as well as government agencies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. Brightcove Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.