Both QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADB) and HubSpot Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) are Application Software companies, competing one another. We will contrast their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| QAD Inc. | 331.06M | 2.36 | N/A | 0.02 | 2070.00 |
| HubSpot Inc. | 475.50M | 12.50 | 63.87M | -0.36 | 0.00 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share (EPS), gross revenue and valuation of QAD Inc. and HubSpot Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 shows us the net margins, return on assets and return on equity of both businesses.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| QAD Inc. | 0.00% | 0% | 0% |
| HubSpot Inc. | -13.43% | -28.8% | -8.5% |
Dividends
$0.29 per share with a dividend yield of 0.93% is the annual dividend that QAD Inc. pay. HubSpot Inc. does not pay a dividend.
Analyst Recommendations
Ratings and Recommmendations for QAD Inc. and HubSpot Inc. can be find in next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QAD Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HubSpot Inc. | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2.56 |
Competitively the consensus target price of HubSpot Inc. is $159.5, which is potential 5.25% upside.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
QAD Inc. and HubSpot Inc. has shares owned by institutional investors as follows: 11.26% and 97.4%. QAD Inc.’s share owned by insiders are 76.61%. Comparatively, HubSpot Inc. has 6.5% of it’s share owned by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| QAD Inc. | 0.55% | 2.51% | -31.15% | -8.14% | 16.29% | 0.52% |
| HubSpot Inc. | -5.25% | -8.6% | -14.71% | 1.6% | 59.29% | 49.02% |
For the past year QAD Inc. was less bullish than HubSpot Inc.
Summary
QAD Inc. beats on 7 of the 12 factors HubSpot Inc.
HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, CRM, analytics, and reporting that enables businesses to attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads, and close leads into customers and delight customers. The company also offers professional, and phone and email-based support services. HubSpot, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.