Financial Survey: Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) and Options Media Group (OTCMKTS:OPMG)

Options Media Group (OTCMKTS:OPMG) and Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Options Media Group and Marchex”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Options Media Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marchex	$45.42 million	1.59	-$5.24 million	($0.11)	-14.82

Options Media Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marchex.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.5% of Marchex shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Marchex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Options Media Group and Marchex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Options Media Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marchex	-11.15%	-14.61%	-11.13%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Options Media Group and Marchex, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Options Media Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marchex	1	1	0	0	1.50

Given Options Media Group’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Options Media Group is more favorable than Marchex.

Risk and Volatility

Options Media Group has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marchex has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Marchex beats Options Media Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Options Media Group

Options Media Group Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, focuses on the mobile software applications in the United States and Canada. It offers PhoneGuard anti-texting software, a mobile phone control management software suite, which is designed to prevent texting and emailing while driving, as well as offers parents and employers the ability to monitor the driving habits of mobile phone users to prevent speeding. The company also provides lead generation programs to assist various businesses with customer acquisition for the products and services they are selling. Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

About Marchex

Marchex, Inc., a conversation intelligence company, provides conversational analytics and related solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Its products include Marketing Edge that identifies which campaigns and channels are driving inbound conversations, evaluates what happens during those conversations, and closes the sales loop by connecting converted sales to marketing driven leads; Sonar Business Text Messaging, an artificial intelligence (AI) empowered intelligent workflow enabled mobile messaging solution that enables operations, sales, and marketing teams to communicate personally with field staff, prospects, and customers; Marchex Platform Services, a robust API-based conversation intelligence product that allows executives, sales, customer engagement, and marketing teams to apply Marchex AI to most any calls, regardless of communication platform, in order to identify actionable insights from conversations with their customers; Spotlight, an AI conversation analytics product for multi-location businesses; and Engage, a solution that provides locations with applications to enhance their overall performance. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.