This is a contrast between Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Alarm.com Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ALRM) based on their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation. The two companies are Application Software and they also compete with each other.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.60 | 0.00 |
| Alarm.com Holdings Inc. | 440.07M | 6.47 | 20.02M | 0.46 | 125.45 |
Table 1 showcases the gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of Gridsum Holding Inc. and Alarm.com Holdings Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 provides the return on equity, return on assets and net margins of the two firms.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -57.2% | -24.6% |
| Alarm.com Holdings Inc. | 4.55% | 14.5% | 9.3% |
Liquidity
2 and 2 are the respective Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Gridsum Holding Inc. Its rival Alarm.com Holdings Inc.’s Current and Quick Ratios are 2.9 and 2.7 respectively. Alarm.com Holdings Inc. has a better chance of clearing its pay short and long-term debts than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Analyst Ratings
The table delivered features the ratings and recommendations for Gridsum Holding Inc. and Alarm.com Holdings Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alarm.com Holdings Inc. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.80 |
Competitively the average target price of Alarm.com Holdings Inc. is $68.67, which is potential 16.55% upside.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Roughly 40.9% of Gridsum Holding Inc. shares are held by institutional investors while 97.6% of Alarm.com Holdings Inc. are owned by institutional investors. About 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Competitively, 1.8% are Alarm.com Holdings Inc.’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) | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 1.29% | 79.09% | -6.86% | -33.22% | -61.6% | 76.68% |
| Alarm.com Holdings Inc. | -11.8% | -9.3% | 16.51% | 4.33% | 55.11% | 10.04% |
For the past year Gridsum Holding Inc.’s stock price has bigger growth than Alarm.com Holdings Inc.
Summary
Alarm.com Holdings Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc. on 10 of the 11 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.
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-based software platform solutions for the smart homes and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company provides interactive security solutions to control and monitor their security systems, as well as connected security devices, including door locks, garage doors, and video cameras; and high definition video monitoring solutions, such as live streaming, smart clip capture, secure cloud storage, video alerts, continuous HD recording, and commercial video surveillance solutions. It also offers intelligent automation and energy management solutions, including smart thermostat schedules, responsive savings, precision comfort, geo-services, demand response programs, and energy usage and environmental monitoring solutions. In addition, the company provides service provider solutions, including a permission-based online portal that offers account management, sales, marketing, training, and support tools; installation and support tools; business management services; and sales, marketing, and training services. It serves residential and business subscribers. Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia.
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