Since HubSpot Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) and Smith Micro Software Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI) are part of the Application Software industry, they are influenced by contrast. The influences particularly affect the analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation of both companies.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 512.98M | 13.54 | 63.83M | -0.36 | 0.00 |
| Smith Micro Software Inc. | 24.66M | 2.38 | 6.07M | -0.31 | 0.00 |
Table 1 shows gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation of the two companies.
Profitability
Table 2 hightlights the net margins, return on assets and return on equity of the two companies.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -12.44% | -28.8% | -8.5% |
| Smith Micro Software Inc. | -24.61% | -147.9% | -31.9% |
Volatility & Risk
HubSpot Inc. has a 1.91 beta, while its volatility is 91.00% which is more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500. Competitively, Smith Micro Software Inc.’s beta is 0.03 which is 97.00% less volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500.
Analyst Ratings
The table given features the ratings and recommendations for HubSpot Inc. and Smith Micro Software Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2.56 |
| Smith Micro Software Inc. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
The average target price of HubSpot Inc. is $168.75, with potential downside of -0.01%.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
HubSpot Inc. and Smith Micro Software Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 97.4% and 14.6%. Insiders held roughly 6.5% of HubSpot Inc.’s shares. Comparatively, Smith Micro Software Inc. has 17% of it’s share held by insiders.
Performance
In this table we show the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -5.25% | -8.6% | -14.71% | 1.6% | 59.29% | 49.02% |
| Smith Micro Software Inc. | -1.84% | 1.43% | -11.25% | -17.44% | -5.33% | -25% |
For the past year HubSpot Inc. has 49.02% stronger performance while Smith Micro Software Inc. has -25% weaker performance.
Summary
HubSpot Inc. beats Smith Micro Software Inc. on 7 of the 11 factors.
HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, CRM, analytics, and reporting that enables businesses to attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads, and close leads into customers and delight customers. The company also offers professional, and phone and email-based support services. HubSpot, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
