Comparing BigCommerce (NASDAQ:BIGC) and Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND)

BigCommerce (NASDAQ:BIGC) and Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

BigCommerce has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bandwidth has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for BigCommerce and Bandwidth, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BigCommerce	2	4	2	0	2.00
Bandwidth	1	2	4	0	2.43

BigCommerce presently has a consensus price target of $8.31, indicating a potential upside of 35.60%. Bandwidth has a consensus price target of $28.83, indicating a potential upside of 79.98%. Given Bandwidth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than BigCommerce.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BigCommerce and Bandwidth”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BigCommerce	$309.39 million	1.55	-$64.67 million	($0.36)	-17.03
Bandwidth	$703.90 million	0.63	-$16.34 million	($0.93)	-17.23

Bandwidth has higher revenue and earnings than BigCommerce. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BigCommerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares BigCommerce and Bandwidth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BigCommerce	-8.43%	-58.18%	-3.74%
Bandwidth	-2.23%	-0.89%	-0.26%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

79.2% of BigCommerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Bandwidth shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of BigCommerce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bandwidth beats BigCommerce on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. operates a software-as-a-service platform for enterprises, small businesses, and mid-markets in the United States, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the AsiaPacific. The company provides a platform for launching and scaling an ecommerce operation, including store design, catalog management, hosting, checkout, order management, reporting, and pre-integration into third-party services. It serves stores in various sizes, product categories, and purchase types, such as business-to-business and business-to-consumer. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Bandwidth

Bandwidth is a leading enterprise cloud communications company. Companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber, and Zoom use Bandwidth’s APIs to easily embed voice, messaging, and emergency services into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs built around their own IP voice network.