Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW – Get Free Report) and Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Volatility and Risk
Pixelworks has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaltura has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Pixelworks and Kaltura’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pixelworks | N/A | -28.77% | -14.64% |
| Kaltura | -6.92% | -51.05% | -2.33% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Pixelworks and Kaltura”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pixelworks | $1.04 million | 31.11 | -$22.50 million | ($1.63) | -3.29 |
| Kaltura | $180.85 million | 1.16 | -$12.07 million | ($0.09) | -15.33 |
Kaltura has higher revenue and earnings than Pixelworks. Kaltura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pixelworks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Pixelworks and Kaltura, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pixelworks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Kaltura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Pixelworks presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 123.46%. Kaltura has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 117.39%. Given Pixelworks’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pixelworks is more favorable than Kaltura.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
21.4% of Pixelworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Kaltura shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Pixelworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Kaltura shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
About Pixelworks
Pixelworks, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and markets semiconductor and software solutions for mobile, home and enterprise, and cinema markets in the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Europe. The company offers imageprocessor integrated circuits, such as embedded microprocessors, digital signal processing technology, and software that control the operations and signal processing within high-end display systems; visual processor integrated circuits that works with a mobile application processor; and transcoder integrated circuits which includes software that control the operations and signal processing for converting multiple bitrates, resolutions and codecs to provide bandwidth efficient video transmissions based on industry standard protocols. It also provides software and platform licensing products comprising Pixelworks Pro Software, a software that enables development and customize the look and feel of mobile products by use of various features, such as absolute color accuracy, HDR tone mapping, SDR-to-HDR conversion, and others; and TrueCut Motion Platform, content creation tool which provides the ability to dial in a motion look on a shot-by-shot basis. The company distributes its products to integrators, branded manufacturers, and branded suppliers. Pixelworks, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Portland, Oregon.
About Kaltura
Kaltura, Inc. provides various software-as-a-service (SaaS) products and solutions and a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Enterprise, Education, and Technology (EE&T); and Media and Telecom (M&T). It offers video products, such as virtual and hybrid events, webinars, video portals, online learning, and content portals for training, marketing, virtual and hybrid events, communication, collaboration, sales, and customer care; and education solutions, such as learning management system video and lecture capture solutions. The company also provides online video experiences, including for over-the-top (OTT) television, cloud TV, web video publishing, video-based teaching, learning, training, video-based marketing, and video-based collaboration. In addition, it offers application programming interfaces (APIs), software development kits, and experience components, including live, real-time and on-demand video, ingestion, transcoding, enrichment, management, distribution, engagement, monetization, and deep viewer analytics, as well as video player, video editor, video capture tool, and chat and networking widgets. The company serves a range of industries, including financial services, high technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, education, public sector, media, telecommunications, information technology (IT) and professional services, retail, and manufacturing. Kaltura, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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