Contrasting ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) & Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD)

Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD) and ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Collective Audience and ICF International’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Collective Audience	$12.14 million	0.60	-$4.57 million	N/A	N/A
ICF International	$1.96 billion	1.39	$82.61 million	$4.92	29.68

ICF International has higher revenue and earnings than Collective Audience.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Collective Audience and ICF International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Collective Audience	0	0	0	0	N/A
ICF International	0	2	3	0	2.60

ICF International has a consensus target price of $159.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.23%. Given ICF International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ICF International is more favorable than Collective Audience.

Profitability

This table compares Collective Audience and ICF International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Collective Audience	N/A	N/A	N/A
ICF International	4.74%	14.42%	6.33%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.8% of Collective Audience shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of ICF International shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Collective Audience shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ICF International 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.

Volatility and Risk

Collective Audience has a beta of -1.56, meaning that its stock price is 256% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICF International has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ICF International beats Collective Audience on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Collective Audience

Collective Audience, Inc. provides e-commerce and digital consumer acquisition solutions in the United States. Its digital marketing business enables brands and agencies to advertise across digital media and connected TV platforms. The company is headquartered in New York, New York. Collective Audience, Inc. is a subsidiary of Logiq, Inc.

About ICF International

ICF International, Inc. provides management, technology, and policy consulting and implementation services to government and commercial clients in the United States and internationally. The company researches critical policy, industry, stakeholder issues, trends, and behaviors; measures and evaluates results and their impact; and provides strategic planning and advisory services to its clients on how to navigate societal, business, market, business, communication, and technology challenges. It also identifies, defines, and implements policies, plans, programs, and business tools through a range of standard and customized methodologies for its clients' business context; conducts survey research; collects and analyzes various data to understand critical issues and options for its clients; and provides actionable business intelligence, as well as information and data management solutions that allow integrated and purpose-driven data usage. In addition, the company provides solutions to optimize the customer and citizen experience; modernizes IT systems; and cyber security solutions that support the range of cyber security missions and protect IT infrastructures in the face of relentless threats, as well as designs, develops, and implements technology systems and business tools that are key to its clients' mission or business performance. Further, it informs and engages its clients' constituents, customers, and employees through public relations, branding and marketing, multichannel and strategic communications, and reputation issues management. The company serves energy, environment, infrastructure, and disaster recovery; health and social programs; and security and other civilian and commercial markets. The company was formerly known as ICF Consulting Group Holdings, LLC and changed its name to ICF International, Inc. in 2006. ICF International, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.