Speed Commerce (OTCMKTS:SPDC) vs. Nice (NASDAQ:NICE) Critical Comparison

Speed Commerce (OTCMKTS:SPDC) and Nice (NASDAQ:NICE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Speed Commerce has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nice has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Speed Commerce and Nice’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Speed Commerce	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nice	18.92%	17.43%	11.95%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Speed Commerce and Nice”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Speed Commerce	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nice	$2.84 billion	3.18	$442.59 million	$8.37	17.03

Nice has higher revenue and earnings than Speed Commerce.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

63.3% of Nice shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Speed Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nice shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Speed Commerce and Nice, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Speed Commerce	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nice	0	5	8	0	2.62

Nice has a consensus price target of $205.25, suggesting a potential upside of 44.04%. Given Nice’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nice is more favorable than Speed Commerce.

Summary

Nice beats Speed Commerce on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Speed Commerce

Speed Commerce, Inc. provides e-commerce and fulfillment services to retailers and manufacturers in the United States and Canada. It offers Web platform development and hosting, order management, fulfillment, logistics, and contact center services, which provide customers with transaction-based services and information management tools. The company was formerly known as Navarre Corporation and changed its name to Speed Commerce, Inc. in September 2013. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Nice

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing. The company provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; provides solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NICE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.