Head to Head Survey: Beyond Commerce (OTCMKTS:BYOC) and Marin Software (NASDAQ:MRIN)

Marin Software (NASDAQ:MRIN) and Beyond Commerce (OTCMKTS:BYOC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Marin Software and Beyond Commerce’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marin Software	-107.95%	-78.95%	-57.29%
Beyond Commerce	-73.21%	N/A	-60.97%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Marin Software and Beyond Commerce, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marin Software	0	0	0	0	N/A
Beyond Commerce	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Marin Software and Beyond Commerce’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marin Software	$17.73 million	0.41	-$21.92 million	($6.26)	-0.37
Beyond Commerce	$3.56 million	0.00	-$2.28 million	N/A	N/A

Beyond Commerce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marin Software.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.5% of Marin Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Marin Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Beyond Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Marin Software has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Commerce has a beta of -0.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Marin Software beats Beyond Commerce on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Marin Software

Marin Software Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise marketing software for advertisers and agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It offers MarinOne, a search, social, and eCommerce advertising platform, as well as self-serves solutions and managed services. The company markets and sells its solutions to advertisers directly, and through advertising agencies that use its platform on behalf of their customers. Marin Software Incorporated was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Beyond Commerce

Beyond Commerce, Inc. engages in the business-to-business Internet marketing technology and services, and information management market businesses. It offers content, business process management, customer feedback management, customer experience management, business network, and BYOC analytics services. The company was formerly known as BOOMj, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Commerce, Inc. in February 2009. Beyond Commerce, Inc. is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.