Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV) & Zvelo (OTCMKTS:ZVLO) Head to Head Analysis

Zvelo (OTCMKTS:ZVLO) and Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Zvelo and Weave Communications, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zvelo	0	0	0	0	0.00
Weave Communications	1	1	2	1	2.60

Weave Communications has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.11%. Given Weave Communications’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Weave Communications is more favorable than Zvelo.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.8% of Weave Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Zvelo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of Weave Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Zvelo and Weave Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zvelo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Weave Communications	-14.32%	-42.10%	-15.65%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Zvelo and Weave Communications”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zvelo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Weave Communications	$204.31 million	2.41	-$28.35 million	($0.43)	-14.69

Zvelo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Weave Communications.

Volatility and Risk

Zvelo has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weave Communications has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Weave Communications beats Zvelo on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zvelo

zvelo, Inc. provides Website content and contextual categorization, and malicious and botnet detection products. It offers Web filtering, brand safety, semantic targeting, traffic quality analysis, contextual targeting, and ad fraud prevention solutions for network security and mobile service providers, and subscriber analytics. The company was formerly known as eSoft, Inc. and changed its name to zvelo, Inc. in September 2010. zvelo, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Weave Communications

Weave Communications, Inc. provides a customer experience and payments software platform in the United States and Canada. Its platform enables small and medium-sized healthcare businesses to maximize the value of their patient interactions and minimize the time and effort spent on manual or mundane tasks. The company's products include Unified Phone Number; Customized Phone System, a smarter phone system to identify whether incoming calls are from new or current patients, provide information at every call, and manages heavy call times; Softphones to make and receive calls from anywhere with an internet connection; Text Messaging to communicate with patients; Missed Call Text to take action in real time upon notification of a missed call; Missed Text Auto-Reply; Team Chat, a group messaging solution that helps practitioners and their staff communicate with each other from their work stations; and Weave Mobile App; It also offers Weave Reviews and Respond Assistant to request, collect, monitor, and respond to reviews; Weave Email Marketing and Email Assistant; Text Connect to interact with their existing and potential patients online directly through their websites; Weave Payments, a payment processing solution; Practice Analytics provides real-time data on patient retention, appointment scheduling, treatment acceptance rates, and revenue generation; and Call Intelligence. In addition, the company provides Digital Forms to collect patient information; Insurance Verification that provides patient insurance plan details; and Scheduling to send automatic scheduling reminders through text message. It serves customers in dental, optometry, veterinary, medical, plastic surgery, physical therapy, medical spa, and other medical specialty industries. The company was formerly known as Recall Solutions, LLC and changed its name to Weave Communications, Inc. in October 2015. Weave Communications, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.