Media 100 (OTCMKTS:MDEA) and Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) Financial Comparison

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) and Media 100 (OTCMKTS:MDEA) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Seagate Technology and Media 100, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seagate Technology	0	4	22	1	2.89
Media 100	0	0	0	0	0.00

Seagate Technology presently has a consensus target price of $986.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.36%. Given Seagate Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Seagate Technology is more favorable than Media 100.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Seagate Technology and Media 100″s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seagate Technology	$12.20 billion	15.23	$3.18 billion	$13.88	59.02
Media 100	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Seagate Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Media 100.

Risk & Volatility

Seagate Technology has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Media 100 has a beta of -1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 237% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Seagate Technology and Media 100’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seagate Technology	26.11%	369.98%	37.58%
Media 100	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.9% of Seagate Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Seagate Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Media 100 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Seagate Technology beats Media 100 on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seagate Technology

Seagate Technology Holdings plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. It provides mass capacity storage products, including enterprise nearline hard disk drives (HDDs), enterprise nearline solid state drives (SSDs), enterprise nearline systems, video and image HDDs, and network-attached storage drives. The company also offers legacy applications comprising Mission Critical HDDs and SSDs; external storage solutions under the Seagate Ultra Touch, One Touch, and Expansion product lines, as well as under the LaCie brand name; desktop drives; notebook drives, DVR HDDs, and gaming SSDs. In addition, it provides Lyve edge-to-cloud mass capacity platform. The company sells its products primarily to OEMs, distributors, and retailers. Seagate Technology Holdings plc was founded in 1978 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

About Media 100

Media 100 Inc. designs, develops, and sells media systems for content design. Its product lines consist of 844/X, a system for content design; Media 100 i, a family of dual-stream video editing systems that uses Macintosh; and iFinish, a family of dual-stream video editing systems that uses Windows. The company’s products are personal computer-based workstations configured with proprietary software and hardware for performing video, audio, graphics, and metadata processing functions in real time. The company also offers technical support, software upgrades, and maintenance contracts. The company sells its products worldwide through direct sales force, value-added resellers, and distributors to broadcast designers, visual effects artists, and video editors of professional television and post-production establishments. Media 100 Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.