Financial Analysis: CloudCommerce (CLWD) vs. Its Peers

CloudCommerce (OTCMKTS:CLWD) is one of 28 public companies in the “Miscellaneous Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare CloudCommerce to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares CloudCommerce and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CloudCommerce	-142.97%	N/A	-397.89%
CloudCommerce Competitors	-22.15%	-42.09%	-4.34%

Volatility & Risk

CloudCommerce has a beta of -3.04, meaning that its stock price is 404% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CloudCommerce’s peers have a beta of 1.14, meaning that their average stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for CloudCommerce and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CloudCommerce	0	0	0	0	N/A
CloudCommerce Competitors	120	539	459	6	2.31

As a group, “Miscellaneous Retail” companies have a potential upside of 0.99%. Given CloudCommerce’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CloudCommerce has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of CloudCommerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Miscellaneous Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of CloudCommerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of shares of all “Miscellaneous Retail” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CloudCommerce and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CloudCommerce	$9.74 million	-$1.27 million	-0.60
CloudCommerce Competitors	$1.94 billion	$32.37 million	9.69

CloudCommerce’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than CloudCommerce. CloudCommerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

CloudCommerce peers beat CloudCommerce on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

About CloudCommerce

CloudCommerce, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-driven electronic and mobile commerce solutions. It provides digital advertising solutions. The firm’s services include Data Propria-Data Analytics, Parscale Digital-Digital Marketing, Giles Design BureauBranding and Creative Services, WebTegrity-Development and Managed Infrastructure Support. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.