Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV – Get Free Report) and MIND C.T.I. (NASDAQ:MNDO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Weave Communications has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MIND C.T.I. has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Weave Communications and MIND C.T.I.”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Weave Communications | $239.02 million | 1.62 | -$28.05 million | ($0.36) | -13.68 |
| MIND C.T.I. | $19.46 million | 1.18 | $2.60 million | $0.12 | 9.42 |
MIND C.T.I. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Weave Communications. Weave Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MIND C.T.I., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
86.8% of Weave Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of MIND C.T.I. shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of Weave Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Weave Communications and MIND C.T.I.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Weave Communications | -11.74% | -33.06% | -12.63% |
| MIND C.T.I. | 13.38% | 11.94% | 8.57% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Weave Communications and MIND C.T.I., as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Weave Communications | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
| MIND C.T.I. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Weave Communications presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 103.05%. Given Weave Communications’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weave Communications is more favorable than MIND C.T.I..
Summary
Weave Communications beats MIND C.T.I. on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About MIND C.T.I.
MIND C.T.I. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and implements billing and customer care software solutions for communication service providers in the Americas, Europe, Israel, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. It operates in two segments, Billing and Related Services, and Messaging. The company offers billing and customer care solutions that support various services, such as voice, data, and content services, as well as prepaid, postpaid, and pay-in-advance payment models in a single platform. Its solutions also include a workflow engine to support the implementation of business processes, including subscriber registration, order management, trouble ticket, and debt collection; and a point of sale solution that covers dealer, store and cashier management, and sales cycle related activities. In addition, the company offers professional services comprising turnkey project delivery, customer support and maintenance, integration, customizations, and project management; and managed services, including day to day billing operational tasks. Further, it provides PhonEX ONE, a call management system that collects, records, and stores call information, which is used by organizations for telecom expense management, call accounting, traffic analysis, and fraud detection; and a mobile messaging platform. The company offers its products directly, as well as through distributors and resellers primarily to communication service providers, such as traditional wireline and wireless, voice over IP, broadband IP network operators, wireless internet service providers, LTE operators, cable operators, and mobile virtual network operators. MIND C.T.I. Ltd. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Yokneam Illit, Israel.
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