Head-To-Head Survey: Digital Turbine (APPS) versus Its Rivals

Digital Turbine (NASDAQ:APPS) is one of 954 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Digital Turbine to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Digital Turbine and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Digital Turbine	$638.61 million	-$37.73 million	N/A
Digital Turbine Competitors	$1.80 billion	$385.28 million	109.23

Digital Turbine’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Digital Turbine.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Digital Turbine and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digital Turbine	1	2	6	0	2.56
Digital Turbine Competitors	5781	21582	44975	1500	2.57

Digital Turbine currently has a consensus target price of $15.42, suggesting a potential upside of 102.19%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.58%. Given Digital Turbine’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Digital Turbine is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Digital Turbine has a beta of 3.01, indicating that its share price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Turbine’s peers have a beta of 1.34, indicating that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.7% of Digital Turbine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Digital Turbine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company 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 Digital Turbine and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital Turbine	0.77%	41.51%	9.42%
Digital Turbine Competitors	-607.19%	26.73%	-8.88%

Summary

Digital Turbine beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Digital Turbine Company Profile

Digital Turbine, Inc. provides mobile technology and advertising solutions that connect app developers and advertisers with consumers through smartphones and other connected devices. Its platform supports app discovery, user acquisition, and advertising across the mobile ecosystem. The company’s services include on-device app recommendations and installation tools, as well as advertising solutions for app publishers and brands. Digital Turbine works with mobile operators and device manufacturers to deliver these services to users.