Since Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP) and Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) are part of the Application Software industry, they are influenced by compare. The influences particularly affect the analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership of both companies.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Stamps.com Inc. | 589.37M | 1.14 | 137.35M | 9.55 | 9.46 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.60 | 0.00 |
Table 1 highlights Stamps.com Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 has Stamps.com Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Stamps.com Inc. | 23.30% | 31% | 23.4% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -57.2% | -24.6% |
Liquidity
Stamps.com Inc.’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 1.8 and 1.8 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor Gridsum Holding Inc. are 2 and 2 respectively. Gridsum Holding Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to Stamps.com Inc.
Analyst Ratings
The Ratings and Recommendations for Stamps.com Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc. are featured in the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Stamps.com Inc. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.40 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Stamps.com Inc. has an average price target of $80.6, and a 106.88% upside potential.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Stamps.com Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 0% and 40.9%. Insiders held 0.1% of Stamps.com Inc. shares. Competitively, insiders own roughly 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’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) | |
| Stamps.com Inc. | -8.98% | -51.47% | -43.86% | -61.68% | -53.02% | -41.98% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 1.29% | 79.09% | -6.86% | -33.22% | -61.6% | 76.68% |
For the past year Stamps.com Inc. has -41.98% weaker performance while Gridsum Holding Inc. has 76.68% stronger performance.
Summary
Stamps.com Inc. beats on 9 of the 11 factors Gridsum Holding Inc.
Stamps.com Inc. provides Internet-based mailing and shipping solutions in the United States. The company offers mailing and shipping solutions to mail and ship various mail pieces and packages through the United States Postal Service (USPS) under the Stamps.com and Endicia brands. Its solutions support various USPS mail classes, including First Class Mail, Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Media Mail, Parcel Select, and others. The companyÂ’s USPS mailing and shipping solutions enable users to print electronic postage directly onto envelopes, plain paper, or labels using personal computer, printer, and Internet connection. It also provides multi carrier shipping solutions under the ShipStation, ShipWorks, and ShippingEasy brands; mailing and shipping integration solutions comprising electronic postage for transactions to partners who manage the front-end process; branded insurance to insure mails or packages; and international postage solutions. In addition, the company offers customized postage solutions under the PhotoStamps and PictureItPostage brand names, which allow consumers to turn digital photos, designs, or images into USPS-approved postage; and sells NetStamps labels, DYMO Stamp labels, shipping labels, other mailing labels, dedicated postage printers, scales, and other mailing and shipping-focused office supplies through its mailing and shipping supplies stores. It serves individuals, small businesses, home offices, medium-size businesses, large enterprises, e-commerce merchants, and warehouse shippers. The company was formerly known as StampMaster, Inc. and changed its name to Stamps.com Inc. in December 1998. Stamps.com Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
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.
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