Head to Head Analysis: Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) and Innovid (NYSE:CTV)

Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) and Innovid (NYSE:CTV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beamr Imaging and Innovid”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beamr Imaging	$3.06 million	14.50	-$690,000.00	N/A	N/A
Innovid	$151.56 million	3.08	-$31.91 million	($0.09)	-34.89

Beamr Imaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Innovid.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Innovid shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Innovid shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Beamr Imaging and Innovid’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beamr Imaging	N/A	N/A	N/A
Innovid	-9.09%	-7.08%	-5.70%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Beamr Imaging and Innovid, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beamr Imaging	0	0	0	0	0.00
Innovid	0	4	0	0	2.00

Innovid has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential downside of 12.42%. Given Innovid’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Innovid is more favorable than Beamr Imaging.

Volatility and Risk

Beamr Imaging has a beta of 3.83, indicating that its share price is 283% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovid has a beta of 3.25, indicating that its share price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Beamr Imaging beats Innovid on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beamr Imaging

Beamr Imaging Ltd. provides video encoding, transcoding, and optimization solutions in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It offers a suite of video compression software encoder solutions, including Beamr 4 H.264, Beamr 4X H.264 content adaptive, Beamr 5 HEVC, and Beamr 5X HEVC content adaptive encoders; Beamr JPEGmini photo optimization software solutions for reducing joint photographic experts group file sizes; and Beamr Silicon IP block, a hardware solution for integration into dedicated video encoding application-specific integrated circuits, graphics processing units, and application processors. The company serves tier one over-the-top platforms, content distributors, video streaming platforms, and Hollywood studios. The company was formerly known as I.C.V.T Ltd. and changed its name to Beamr Imaging Ltd. in January 2015. Beamr Imaging Ltd. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

About Innovid

Innovid Corp. operates an independent software platform that provides ad serving, measurement, and creative services. It offers advertising services for the creation, delivery, and measurement of TV ads across connected TV, mobile TV, and desktop TV environments to advertisers, publishers, and media agencies. The company serves consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical and healthcare, retail, financial services, and automotive and technology industries; third party agencies; and publishers in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. Innovid Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.