Both QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) and Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) compete on a level playing field in the Application Software industry. We will evaluate their performance with regards to profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| QAD Inc. | 331.06M | 2.39 | N/A | 0.10 | 404.75 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.20 | 0.00 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, gross revenue and valuation of QAD Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 provides us the net margins, return on assets and return on equity of both businesses.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| QAD Inc. | 0.00% | -4.4% | -1.8% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -19.7% | -11.2% |
Liquidity
QAD Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.6 while its Quick Ratio is 1.6. On the competitive side is, Gridsum Holding Inc. which has a 2 Current Ratio and a 2 Quick Ratio. Gridsum Holding Inc. is better positioned to pay off short and long-term obligations compared to QAD Inc.
Dividends
QAD Inc. pays out its dividends annually at $0.29 per share and 0.69% dividend yield. Gridsum Holding Inc. does not pay a dividend.
Analyst Recommendations
The following table shown below contains the ratings and recommendations for QAD Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QAD Inc. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
The upside potential is 45.80% for QAD Inc. with consensus price target of $61.5.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Roughly 54.3% of QAD Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors while 37.7% of Gridsum Holding Inc. are owned by institutional investors. About 2% of QAD Inc.’s share are owned by insiders. Insiders Comparatively, owned 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc. shares.
Performance
Here are 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) | |
| QAD Inc. | -3.65% | -5.44% | -32.49% | -23.59% | 8.01% | 5.23% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | -9.6% | -27.31% | -32.75% | -38.34% | -55.84% | -57.81% |
For the past year QAD Inc. had bullish trend while Gridsum Holding Inc. had bearish trend.
Summary
QAD Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc. on 9 of the 10 factors.
QAD Inc. provides enterprise software solutions for manufacturing companies in the automotive, life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, and industrial products industries worldwide. The company offers QAD Enterprise Applications, an integrated suite of software applications, which support the core business processes. Its QAD Enterprise Applications include software solutions, such as QAD Financials to manage and control finance and accounting processes; QAD Customer Management for manufacturers to acquire new customers; QAD Manufacturing, which supports manufacturing business processes; QAD Automation Solutions that improve manufacturersÂ’ material transaction processing; QAD Demand and Supply Chain Planning that fulfills materials planning and logistics requirements; QAD Supply Chain Execution that offers tools to support inventory and warehouse management; and QAD Transportation Management to manage and optimize outside carriers for shipments. The companyÂ’s QAD Enterprise Applications also comprise suites, such as QAD Service and Support that handles service calls, manages service queues, and organizes mobile field resources; QAD Enterprise Asset Management to manage, maintain, and install capital equipment; Action Centers with Embedded Analytics; and QAD Analytics that provides data to measure performance. It also offers QAD Enterprise Quality Management that provides quality management and regulatory compliance solutions; QAD Interoperability, which integrates QAD Enterprise Applications with other non-QAD core business applications; and QAD Internationalization, which supports companies that manufacture and distribute their products worldwide. In addition, it provides customer support, product updates, maintenance, and professional services. The company markets its products through direct and indirect sales channels; and distributors and sales agents. QAD Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.
Gridsum Holding Inc. provides data analysis software for multinational and domestic enterprises, and government agencies in China. Its proprietary distributed data architecture allows its customers to collect and analyze vast amounts of information; and Gridsum Big Data platform performs multi-dimensional correlation analysis and analyzes complex real-time events. The company offers Web Dissector to analyze customer Websites by monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; Mobile Dissector to understand mobile app user activity; SEM Dissector for search engine marketing; SEO Dissector, a search engine optimization tool; Ad Dissector, an advertisement performance monitoring and optimization product; Contribution Dissector to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns; Audience Dissector, an audience analysis product; Recommendation Engine, a data driven content recommendation solution. It also provides Government Web Dissector, a digital intelligence solution; Government Website Group Integrated Management Platform, an integrated management platform; Streaming Dissector, a real-time viewership analysis and operational efficiency monitor for digital online video; Video Dissector, an online video content analytics tool; TV Dissector, an analytics tool; Rating Plus, a television viewing data analytics tool; and Media Dissector, a mass, social, and user-generated content media monitoring and analytics tool. In addition, the company offers Law Dissector, a search and statistical analysis tool; Smart Push, a legal research tool; Information Dissector, an insightful analytical system; Social Listening, a could-based social listening solution; Gridsum Dashboard, a data visualization tool; and Gridsum Report Center, an automated report generation and distribution tool. Further, it develops new media analytics and information discovery solutions to address a range of customer needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
