Analyzing zvelo (OTCMKTS:ZVLO) and Teradata (NYSE:TDC)

zvelo (OTCMKTS:ZVLO) and Teradata (NYSE:TDC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Risk & Volatility

zvelo has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradata has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares zvelo and Teradata”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
zvelo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teradata	$1.70 billion	1.31	$114.00 million	$1.42	16.41

Teradata has higher revenue and earnings than zvelo.

Profitability

This table compares zvelo and Teradata’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
zvelo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teradata	6.51%	149.16%	8.58%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.3% of Teradata shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of zvelo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Teradata shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for zvelo and Teradata, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
zvelo	0	0	0	0	0.00
Teradata	2	5	3	0	2.10

Teradata has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.03%. Given Teradata’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teradata is more favorable than zvelo.

Summary

Teradata beats zvelo on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About zvelo

zvelo, Inc. provides Website content and contextual categorization, and malicious and botnet detection products. It offers Web filtering, brand safety, semantic targeting, traffic quality analysis, contextual targeting, and ad fraud prevention solutions for network security and mobile service providers, and subscriber analytics. The company was formerly known as eSoft, Inc. and changed its name to zvelo, Inc. in September 2010. zvelo, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics. The company offers Teradata Vantage, an open and connected platform designed to leverage data across an enterprise. Its business consulting services include support services for organizations to establish a data and analytic vision, enable a multi-cloud ecosystem architecture, and identify and operationalize analytical opportunities, as well as to ensure the analytical infrastructure delivers value. The company offers support and maintenance services. It serves clients in financial services, government, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, and travel/transportation sectors through a direct sales force in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. Teradata Corporation was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.