CS Disco (NYSE:LAW – Get Free Report) and Amesite (NASDAQ:AMST – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
58.1% of CS Disco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Amesite shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of CS Disco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Amesite shares are owned 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.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CS Disco and Amesite”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CS Disco | $144.84 million | 3.79 | -$55.77 million | ($1.01) | -8.69 |
| Amesite | $110,000.00 | 100.54 | -$3.62 million | ($0.88) | -2.75 |
Amesite has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CS Disco. CS Disco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amesite, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
CS Disco has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amesite has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CS Disco and Amesite, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CS Disco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Amesite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
CS Disco presently has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential downside of 11.69%. Given CS Disco’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CS Disco is more favorable than Amesite.
Profitability
This table compares CS Disco and Amesite’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CS Disco | -40.00% | -26.05% | -21.14% |
| Amesite | -1,727.32% | -137.45% | -115.17% |
Summary
CS Disco beats Amesite on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CS Disco
CS Disco, Inc. provides cloud-native and artificial intelligence-powered legal solutions for legal hold, legal request, ediscovery, legal document review, and case management in the United States and internationally. It offers DISCO Request, a solution that automates response compliance for legal requests; and DISCO Ediscovery, a solution that automates the ediscovery process and saves legal departments from manual tasks associated with collecting, processing, enriching, searching, reviewing, analyzing, producing, and using enterprise data that is at issue in legal matters. The company also provides DISCO Hold, a solution that automates manual work to preserve data, notify custodians, track holds with a defensible audit trail, and collect data when ready; DISCO Review, an AI-powered document review solution that delivers legal document reviews; and DISCO Case Builder, a solution that allows legal professionals to collaborate with teams to build a compelling case by offering a single place to search, organize, and review witness testimony and other legal data. The company's solutions are used in various legal matters comprising litigation, investigation, compliance, and diligence. It serves enterprises, law firms, legal services providers, and governments. CS Disco, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About Amesite
Amesite Inc., an artificial intelligence driven platform and course designer, that provides online products in the United States. The company uses machine learning to offer a mass customized experience to learners. It serves businesses, universities and colleges, K-12 schools, museums, and non-profit organizations. Amesite Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.
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