ShotSpotter Inc. (NASDAQ:SSTI) and Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) are two firms in the Application Software that compete against each other. Below is a comparison of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ShotSpotter Inc. | 34.75M | 12.43 | 2.73M | -1.47 | 0.00 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.60 | 0.00 |
Table 1 highlights ShotSpotter Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 shows ShotSpotter Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s return on assets, return on equity and net margins.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ShotSpotter Inc. | -7.86% | -38.6% | -14.5% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -57.2% | -24.6% |
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of ShotSpotter Inc. are 1 and 1 respectively. Its competitor Gridsum Holding Inc.’s Current Ratio is 2 and its Quick Ratio is 2. Gridsum Holding Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than ShotSpotter Inc.
Analyst Ratings
ShotSpotter Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc. Recommendations and Ratings are available on the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ShotSpotter Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
ShotSpotter Inc. has a 26.94% upside potential and an average target price of $49.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
ShotSpotter Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 55.8% and 40.9%. Insiders held 5.3% of ShotSpotter Inc. shares. On the other hand, insiders held about 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’s 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) | |
| ShotSpotter Inc. | -1.33% | -1.76% | 31.53% | -5.81% | 153.54% | 51.73% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 1.29% | 79.09% | -6.86% | -33.22% | -61.6% | 76.68% |
For the past year ShotSpotter Inc. has weaker performance than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Summary
ShotSpotter Inc. beats on 6 of the 10 factors Gridsum Holding Inc.
ShotSpotter, Inc. provides software-as-a-service based gunshot detection solutions for law enforcement officials and security personnel worldwide. Its solutions include ShotSpotter Flex, an outdoor public safety solution for cities and municipalities to identify, locate, and deter gun violence by incorporating a real-time gunshot detection system into their policing systems; and SST SecureCampus and ShotSpotter SiteSecure that helps the law enforcement and security personnel serving universities, colleges, and other educational institutions to mitigate risk and enhance security by notifying authorities and first responders of an active-shooter. The company serves public safety customers and higher-education campuses through direct sales teams. ShotSpotter, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newark, 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.
