As Application Software companies, Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR) and Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) are our subject to contrast. And more specifically their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Synchronoss Technologies Inc. | 350.00M | 0.90 | 220.49M | -5.14 | 0.00 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.20 | 0.00 |
Table 1 demonstrates Synchronoss Technologies Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 has Synchronoss Technologies Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s return on equity, return on assets and net margins.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Synchronoss Technologies Inc. | -63.00% | -35.2% | -13.9% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -19.7% | -11.2% |
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Synchronoss Technologies Inc. are 1 and 1. Competitively, Gridsum Holding Inc. has 2 and 2 for Current and Quick Ratio. Gridsum Holding Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Synchronoss Technologies Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
In next table is delivered Synchronoss Technologies Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.’s ratings and recommendations.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Synchronoss Technologies Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
The average price target of Synchronoss Technologies Inc. is $7, with potential downside of -5.15%.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Synchronoss Technologies Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 7.6% and 37.7%. Synchronoss Technologies Inc.’s share held by insiders are 2.7%. Insiders Competitively, held 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc. shares.
Performance
In this table we show 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) | |
| Synchronoss Technologies Inc. | -1.77% | -0.65% | 1.75% | 1.67% | -34.87% | -31.88% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | -9.6% | -27.31% | -32.75% | -38.34% | -55.84% | -57.81% |
For the past year Synchronoss Technologies Inc. was less bearish than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Summary
Gridsum Holding Inc. beats Synchronoss Technologies Inc. on 6 of the 10 factors.
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. provides cloud solutions and software-based activation for connected devices worldwide. The companyÂ’s products and services include cloud-based sync, backup, storage and content engagement capabilities, broadband connectivity solutions, analytics, white label messaging, and identity/access management that enable communications service providers, cable operators/multi-services operators, original equipment manufacturers with embedded connectivity, and multi-channel retailers, as well as other customers to accelerate and monetize value-add services for secure and broadband networks and connected devices. It also provides Synchronoss Enterprise solutions, such as secure mobility management, data and analytics, and identity and access management solutions for the financial, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, and government sectors; and Synchronoss Personal Cloud platform that delivers an operator-branded experience for subscribers to backup, restore, synchronize, and share their personal content across smartphones, tablets, computers, and other connected devices. In addition, the company offers software as a service for the organizations to securely manage, control, track, search, exchange, and collaborate on sensitive information inside and outside the firewall. Its products and platforms are designed to enable multiple converged communication services to manage across a range of distribution channels, such as e-commerce, m-commerce, telesales, customer stores, indirect, and other retail outlets. The company markets and sells its services through direct sales force and strategic partners. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
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.
