Contrasting Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD) and Mastech Digital (NYSE:MHH)

Volatility and Risk

Collective Audience has a beta of -1.79, meaning that its share price is 279% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mastech Digital has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Collective Audience and Mastech Digital”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Collective Audience	$12.14 million	0.10	-$4.57 million	N/A	N/A
Mastech Digital	$201.10 million	0.83	-$7.14 million	($0.19)	-74.79

Collective Audience has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mastech Digital.

Profitability

This table compares Collective Audience and Mastech Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Collective Audience	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mastech Digital	-1.16%	6.59%	5.11%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.8% of Collective Audience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Mastech Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of Collective Audience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Mastech Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mastech Digital beats Collective Audience on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Collective Audience

Collective Audience, Inc. provides e-commerce and digital consumer acquisition solutions in the United States. Its digital marketing business enables brands and agencies to advertise across digital media and connected TV platforms. The company is headquartered in New York, New York. Collective Audience, Inc. is a subsidiary of Logiq, Inc.

About Mastech Digital

Mastech Digital, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital transformation IT services to large, medium-sized, and small companies in the United States. The company operates through Data and Analytics Services and IT Staffing Services segments. It offers data management and analytics services, including project-based consulting services in the areas of master data management, enterprise data integration, big data and analytics, and digital transformation by using onsite and offshore resources. In addition, the company provides a range of IT staffing services in the areas of data management and analytics, cloud, mobility, social, automation, business intelligence/data warehousing, web services, enterprise resource planning and customer resource management, and e-business solutions. Further, it offers digital transformation services, including digital learning services; and cloud-based enterprise application across sales, marketing, and customer service organizations. The company provides its services across various industry verticals, such as financial services, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, government, telecommunications, and transportation. The company was formerly known as Mastech Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Mastech Digital, Inc. in September 2016. Mastech Digital, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.