Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) versus BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) Head to Head Comparison

Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Beamr Imaging and BuzzFeed’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
BuzzFeed	4.75%	-28.11%	-11.14%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beamr Imaging	$3.06 million	N/A	-$3.35 million	N/A	N/A
BuzzFeed	$189.89 million	0.36	-$10.10 million	$0.25	7.44

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Beamr Imaging has a beta of 3.68, meaning that its stock price is 268% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.45, meaning that its stock price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Beamr Imaging and BuzzFeed, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beamr Imaging	0	0	0	0	0.00
BuzzFeed	0	0	0	1	4.00

Summary

BuzzFeed beats Beamr Imaging on 6 of the 10 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 BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.