Izea Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA – Get Free Report) and Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Izea Worldwide and Backblaze’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Izea Worldwide | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| Backblaze | -17.56% | -27.38% | -11.98% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Izea Worldwide and Backblaze, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Izea Worldwide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Backblaze | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.50 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Izea Worldwide and Backblaze”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Izea Worldwide | $36.18 million | 1.89 | $40,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Backblaze | $145.84 million | 1.50 | -$25.61 million | ($0.46) | -7.93 |
Izea Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Backblaze.
Volatility and Risk
Izea Worldwide has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Backblaze has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
15.6% of Izea Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Backblaze shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Izea Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Backblaze shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Backblaze beats Izea Worldwide on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Izea Worldwide
IZEA Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers software and professional services to connect brands and content creators in North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers IZEA Flex, its flagship platform for managing enterprise influencer marketing; and comprehensive expense management service to track and manage off-platform expenses related to influencer marketing campaigns. It also operates The Creator Marketplace on IZEA.com that provides creators tools to present their work to marketers. In addition, the company provides management of content workflow, creator search and targeting, bidding, analytics, and payment processing services. It primarily sells influencer marketing and custom content campaigns through client development team and platforms. The company was formerly known as IZEA, Inc. and changed its name to IZEA Worldwide, Inc. in August 2018. IZEA Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
About Backblaze
Backblaze, Inc., a storage cloud platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware. It also provides Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. This service is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases, such as public, hybrid, and multi-cloud data storage; application development and DevOps; content delivery and edge computing; security and ransomware protection; media management; backup, archive, and tape replacement; repository for analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning; and Internet of Things. In addition, the company offers Backblaze Computer Backup that automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals, which provides a subscription-based Software-as-a-Service and serves use cases, including computer backup, ransomware protection, theft and loss protection, and remote access. It serves the public cloud IaaS storage and Data-Protection-as-a-Service markets. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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