Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) and AudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) Critical Review

AudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) and Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AudioEye and Beamr Imaging”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AudioEye	$35.20 million	4.04	-$5.87 million	($0.35)	-33.36
Beamr Imaging	$3.06 million	10.17	-$690,000.00	N/A	N/A

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

Volatility and Risk

AudioEye has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beamr Imaging has a beta of 4.28, meaning that its share price is 328% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.1% of AudioEye shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.7% of AudioEye shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for AudioEye and Beamr Imaging, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AudioEye	0	0	5	1	3.17
Beamr Imaging	0	0	0	0	0.00

AudioEye currently has a consensus target price of $26.10, suggesting a potential upside of 123.55%. Given AudioEye’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AudioEye is more favorable than Beamr Imaging.

Profitability

This table compares AudioEye and Beamr Imaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AudioEye	-9.89%	34.49%	8.18%
Beamr Imaging	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

AudioEye beats Beamr Imaging on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AudioEye

AudioEye, Inc. provides patented, internet content publication, distribution software, and related services to Internet and other media to people regardless of their device, location, or disabilities in the United States. Its software and services enable conversion of digital content into accessible formats and allows for real time distribution to end users on any Internet connected device. The company offers AudioEye, an always-on testing, remediation, and monitoring solution that improves conformance with web content accessibility guidelines; identifies and fixes the accessibility errors and addresses a range of disabilities, including dyslexia, color blindness, epilepsy, and others; and provides additional solutions to provide for enhanced compliance and accessibility, including periodic auditing, human assisted technological remediations, and legal support services, as well as PDF remediation services, Native Mobile App and audit reports to help customers with their digital accessibility needs. The company serves small- and medium-sized businesses, corporate enterprises, non-profit organizations, and federal government agencies, as well as federal, state, and local governments and agencies through content management system partners, platform and agency partners, authorized resellers, and the marketplace. AudioEye, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.

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.