Head to Head Contrast: Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) versus Veritone (NASDAQ:VERI)

Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) and Veritone (NASDAQ:VERI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Urgent.ly and Veritone’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urgent.ly	N/A	N/A	N/A
Veritone	-42.97%	-120.37%	-12.97%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Urgent.ly and Veritone’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urgent.ly	$184.65 million	0.12	$74.73 million	N/A	N/A
Veritone	$127.56 million	0.99	-$58.62 million	($2.15)	-1.59

Urgent.ly has higher revenue and earnings than Veritone.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Urgent.ly and Veritone, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	0	0	1	0	3.00
Veritone	0	2	0	0	2.00

Urgent.ly currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 201.20%. Veritone has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Urgent.ly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Veritone.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Veritone shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Veritone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Urgent.ly beats Veritone on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly Inc. offers mobility assistance software platform for roadside assistance in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its services include car lockout, tire changes, towing, stuck in ditch and winch services, motorcycle towing, electric vehicle towing, jump start, and gas delivery. The company's software platform combines location-based services, real-time data, AI and machine-to-machine communication to provide roadside assistance solutions. It serves automotive, insurance, telematics, and other transportation-focused verticals. Urgent.ly Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

About Veritone

Veritone, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of artificial intelligence (AI) computing solutions and services in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Israel, and India. It develops and operates aiWARE platform, an AI operating system, that uses machine learning algorithms or AI models designed to mimic human cognitive functions, such as perception, prediction, and problem solving and optimization, as well as enables users to transform unstructured data into structured data, and analyze and optimize data to drive business processes and insights. The company also provides media advertising agency services, including media planning and strategy, media buying and placement, campaign messaging, clearance verification and attribution, and custom analytics directly to advertisers through outbound sales networking, and client and partner referrals, as well as indirectly through advertising agencies or marketing consultants. It serves media and entertainment, government, legal and compliance, energy, and other vertical markets. The company was formerly known as Veritone Delaware, Inc. and changed its name to Veritone, Inc. in July 2014. Veritone, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.