Both Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE) compete on a level playing field in the Application Software industry. We will evaluate their performance with regards to risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.20 | 0.00 |
| Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. | 240.36M | 2.78 | 13.15M | -0.09 | 0.00 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share (EPS), gross revenue and valuation of Gridsum Holding Inc. and Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 represents Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE)’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -19.7% | -11.2% |
| Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. | 5.47% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Gridsum Holding Inc. are 2 and 2. Competitively, Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. has 2.6 and 2.6 for Current and Quick Ratio. Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Dividends
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. also pays out annual dividends at $0.46 per share and at a 2.74% dividend yield. Gridsum Holding Inc. does not pay a dividend.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Roughly 37.7% of Gridsum Holding Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors while 93.1% of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. are owned by institutional investors. Insiders owned roughly 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’s shares. Insiders Competitively, owned 1.8% of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. shares.
Performance
Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | -9.6% | -27.31% | -32.75% | -38.34% | -55.84% | -57.81% |
| Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. | 0.7% | -6.31% | -14.22% | -19.95% | -30.24% | -27.93% |
For the past year Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. has weaker performance than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Summary
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc. on 10 of the 10 factors.
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.
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. develops, markets, and licenses technologies and fonts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and rest of Asia. The company offers font products, including its own fonts from the Monotype Libraries, as well as fonts from third parties through its e-commerce Websites, including myfonts.com, fonts.com, fontshop.com, and linotype.com. It also provides font scaling engine and font compression technologies that are compatible with virtually font formats and industry standards, including the PostScript and PCL printing languages; font solutions for consumer device manufacturers, including Edge and SmartHint technologies for precise pixel adjustments to enable fonts to display with optimal quality in suboptimal display environments; printer driver kits; and fonts for printer manufacturers. In addition, the company offers screen imaging technologies; a mobile engagement platform that enables brands and advertisers to create and distribute branded content; brand engagement and social endorsement technologies through mobile and digital channels; and various tools to enhance user experiences. Further, it provides expert consultation and custom type design services; and technology support and professional services. The company provides approximately 17,000 typeface designs, and supports approximately 250 Latin and non-Latin languages. Its solutions are used in various devices, including laser printers, digital copiers, mobile phones, automotive displays, navigation devices, e-book readers, tablets, digital cameras, digital televisions, set-top boxes, consumer appliances, and Internet of things devices, as well as in various software applications and operating systems. The company serves content creators, marketers, consumer device manufacturers, and independent software vendors and developers. Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.
