Gridsum Holding Inc. (GSUM) and CounterPath Corporation (NASDAQ:CPAH) Comparison side by side

We will be contrasting the differences between Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and CounterPath Corporation (NASDAQ:CPAH) as far as analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation are concerned. The two businesses are rivals in the Application Software industry.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gridsum Holding Inc.	N/A	0.00	N/A	-1.60	0.00
CounterPath Corporation	10.69M	0.94	5.58M	-0.90	0.00

Table 1 shows gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation of the two companies.

Profitability

Table 2 hightlights the return on equity, net margins and return on assets of the two companies.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gridsum Holding Inc.	0.00%	-57.2%	-24.6%
CounterPath Corporation	-52.20%	-67.9%	-40.6%

Liquidity

The current Quick Ratio of Gridsum Holding Inc. is 2 while its Current Ratio is 2. Meanwhile, CounterPath Corporation has a Current Ratio of 0.8 while its Quick Ratio is 0.8. Gridsum Holding Inc. is better positioned to pay off its short-term and long-term debts than CounterPath Corporation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Gridsum Holding Inc. and CounterPath Corporation has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 40.9% and 5.8%. 5.3% are Gridsum Holding Inc.’s share held by insiders. On the other hand, insiders held about 3.7% of CounterPath Corporation’s shares.

Performance

In this table we provide the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Gridsum Holding Inc.	1.29%	79.09%	-6.86%	-33.22%	-61.6%	76.68%
CounterPath Corporation	-1.23%	11.27%	-28.41%	-29.52%	-57.45%	33.52%

For the past year Gridsum Holding Inc.’s stock price has bigger growth than CounterPath Corporation.

Summary

Gridsum Holding Inc. beats on 6 of the 9 factors CounterPath Corporation.

Gridsum Holding Inc. provides data analysis software for multinational and domestic enterprises, and government agencies in China. Its proprietary distributed data architecture allows its customers to collect and analyze vast amounts of information; and Gridsum Big Data platform performs multi-dimensional correlation analysis and analyzes complex real-time events. The company offers Web Dissector to analyze customer Websites by monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; Mobile Dissector to understand mobile app user activity; SEM Dissector for search engine marketing; SEO Dissector, a search engine optimization tool; Ad Dissector, an advertisement performance monitoring and optimization product; Contribution Dissector to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns; Audience Dissector, an audience analysis product; Recommendation Engine, a data driven content recommendation solution. It also provides Government Web Dissector, a digital intelligence solution; Government Website Group Integrated Management Platform, an integrated management platform; Streaming Dissector, a real-time viewership analysis and operational efficiency monitor for digital online video; Video Dissector, an online video content analytics tool; TV Dissector, an analytics tool; Rating Plus, a television viewing data analytics tool; and Media Dissector, a mass, social, and user-generated content media monitoring and analytics tool. In addition, the company offers Law Dissector, a search and statistical analysis tool; Smart Push, a legal research tool; Information Dissector, an insightful analytical system; Social Listening, a could-based social listening solution; Gridsum Dashboard, a data visualization tool; and Gridsum Report Center, an automated report generation and distribution tool. Further, it develops new media analytics and information discovery solutions to address a range of customer needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

CounterPath Corporation designs, develops, markets, and sells software applications and related services in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The companyÂ’s software applications and related services enable enterprises and telecommunication service providers to deliver voice, video, and messaging and collaboration functionality over their Internet protocol and based networks. Its products include Bria softphone suite, which enables consumers and business users to make voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) audio and video calls, send instant messages, manage their presence, share their screen, and collaborate with other users using desktop computers and laptops, smartphones, and tablets; and X-Lite, a standards-based VoIP softphone application that runs on desktop computers. The company also offers software development kits that deliver voice, video, and messaging capabilities for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices; Stretto Platform, a carrier-grade software platform for enterprises and service providers to deploy, configure, upgrade, and manage their Bria softphones; and Bria X, a subscription service, which delivers centralized provisioning, messaging, and screen sharing from the cloud, as well as cloud solutions. In addition, it provides professional and other services, such as pre and post sales, technical support, and customization services, as well as support and maintenance services. The company sells its products and services through its own and third-party online stores; and directly using its in-house sales team, as well as through its channel partners. It serves small, medium, and large sized businesses; telecommunications service providers and Internet telephony service providers; original equipment manufacturers, value added distributors, and value added resellers serving the telecommunication market; and end users. CounterPath Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.