SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI – Get Free Report) and Destiny Media Technologies (OTCMKTS:DSNY – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares SolarWinds and Destiny Media Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SolarWinds | 14.04% | 12.19% | 5.19% |
| Destiny Media Technologies | -0.42% | -0.62% | -0.54% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for SolarWinds and Destiny Media Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SolarWinds | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Destiny Media Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Risk & Volatility
SolarWinds has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Destiny Media Technologies has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares SolarWinds and Destiny Media Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SolarWinds | $796.90 million | 4.01 | $111.90 million | $0.63 | 29.26 |
| Destiny Media Technologies | $4.42 million | 1.01 | $110,000.00 | ($0.01) | -46.20 |
SolarWinds has higher revenue and earnings than Destiny Media Technologies. Destiny Media Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SolarWinds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
94.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Destiny Media Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
SolarWinds beats Destiny Media Technologies on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SolarWinds
SolarWinds Corporation provides information technology (IT) management software products in the United States and internationally. It provides a suite of network management software that offers real-time visibility into network utilization and bandwidth, as well as the ability to detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems; and a suite of infrastructure management products, which monitors and analyzes the performance of applications and their supporting infrastructure, including servers, physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure, storage, and databases. The company also provides automated network configuration, log and event management, security information and event management, access rights management, identity monitoring, server configuration monitoring and patching, and secure gateway and file transfer products; a suite of application performance management software that enables visibility into log data, cloud infrastructure metrics, applications, tracing, and digital experiences; and service management software that offers ITIL-compliant service desk solutions for various companies. In addition, it offers a suite of database performance management software that monitors, analyzes, diagnoses, and optimizes database performance and operations for the Microsoft data platform, as well as other database management system platforms; traditional, open-source, and cloud-native databases hosted on-premises, in the cloud, and hybrid models. It markets and sells its products directly to network and systems engineers, database administrators, storage administrators, DevOps, SecOps, and service desk professionals. The company was formerly known as SolarWinds Parent, Inc. and changed its name to SolarWinds Corporation in May 2018. SolarWinds Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About Destiny Media Technologies
Destiny Media Technologies Inc. develops technologies that enable the distribution of digital media files in a streaming or digital download format over the Internet. It offers Play MPE, an online platform that distributes promotional content, including broadcast quality audio, video, images, promotional information, and other digital content from record labels and artists to broadcasting professionals, music curators, and music reviewers to discover, download, broadcast, and review the content; Play MPE CASTER; Play MPE Quickshare provides a distribution tool for Play MPE customers to promote music; and Play MPE Player for music curators to review and download content through cloud-based player and mobile apps. The company also provides Music Tracking Radar, a digital tracking service that tracks and reports the number and times customers track is played; Clipstream, an online video platform for encoding, hosting, and reporting on video playback that can be embedded in third party websites or emails; and playback through its JavaScript codec engine. It markets and sells its products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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