Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI – Get Free Report) and AppYea (OTCMKTS:APYP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
93.9% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AppYea shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Consensus Cloud Solutions and AppYea’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Consensus Cloud Solutions | 25.09% | 5,736.13% | 14.38% |
| AppYea | -188,712.48% | N/A | -263.33% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Consensus Cloud Solutions | $349.70 million | 1.49 | $84.53 million | $4.58 | 6.18 |
| AppYea | $10,000.00 | 722.06 | -$15.10 million | ($0.03) | -0.36 |
Consensus Cloud Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than AppYea. AppYea is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consensus Cloud Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Consensus Cloud Solutions has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppYea has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Consensus Cloud Solutions and AppYea, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Consensus Cloud Solutions | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| AppYea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Consensus Cloud Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $36.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.47%. Given Consensus Cloud Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Consensus Cloud Solutions is more favorable than AppYea.
Summary
Consensus Cloud Solutions beats AppYea on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Consensus Cloud Solutions
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information delivery services with a software-as-a-service platform worldwide. The company offers eFax Corporate, a digital cloud-fax technology; Unite, a single platform that allows the user to choose between various protocols to send and receive healthcare information and can integrate into an existing electronic health record system or stand-alone if no EHR is present. It also offers jsign, an electronic and digital signature solution; Conductor, an interface engine and interoperability platform that provides integration technology; Clarity that transforms unstructured documents into structured actionable data; and eFax, an online faxing solution, as well as other products under the MyFax, MetroFax, Sfax, and SRfax brands. In addition, the company provides ECFax, an Corporate eFax. It serves healthcare, government, financial services, law, and education sectors. Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
About AppYea
AppYea, Inc., a digital health company, develops wearable monitoring solutions to treat sleep apnea and snoring. It develops AppySleep app, a wristband that monitors physiological parameters during sleep; AppySleep, a biofeedback snoring treatment wristband; AppySleep LAB, a smartphone medical application that monitors breathing patterns in the sleep and identify sleep arena episode without direct contact to the user; and AppySleep PRO a wristband for the treatment of sleep arena using biofeedback in combination with AppySleep LAB app. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Gan Yavne, Israel.
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