CCC Intelligent Solutions (NASDAQ:CCCS – Get Free Report) and Oblong (NASDAQ:OBLG – Get Free Report) are both services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares CCC Intelligent Solutions and Oblong’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions | -0.28% | 3.76% | 2.29% |
| Oblong | -135.92% | -55.01% | -44.02% |
Volatility & Risk
CCC Intelligent Solutions has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oblong has a beta of 4.33, suggesting that its stock price is 333% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Oblong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Oblong shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Oblong shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CCC Intelligent Solutions and Oblong”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions | $996.96 million | 4.78 | $26.15 million | N/A | N/A |
| Oblong | $2.38 million | 2.98 | -$4.04 million | ($1.71) | -1.29 |
CCC Intelligent Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Oblong.
Summary
CCC Intelligent Solutions beats Oblong on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CCC Intelligent Solutions
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. provides cloud, mobile, AI, telematics, hyperscale technologies, and applications for the property and casualty insurance economy. It SaaS platform digitizes mission-critical AI-enabled workflows, facilitates commerce, and connects businesses across the insurance economy, including insurance carriers, collision repairers, parts suppliers, automotive manufactures, financial institution, and others. The company offers CCC Insurance solutions, including CCC workflow, CCC estimating, CCC total loss, CCC AI and analytics, and CCC casualty; CCC Repair solutions, such as CCC network management, CCC repair workflow, and CCC repair quality; CCC Other Ecosystem solutions, comprising CCC parts solutions, CCC automotive manufacturer solutions, CCC lender solutions, and CCC payments; and CCC International solutions. CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About Oblong
Oblong Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which provides an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it offers network services comprising Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer’s office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. Further, it provides professional services, such as software development, visual and interaction design, engineering, and project support services; and resells video equipment to its customers. Oblong Inc. is based in Conifer, Colorado.
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