Critical Contrast: Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) and Adyen (OTCMKTS:ADYEY)

Adyen (OTCMKTS:ADYEY) and Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Adyen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Creative Realities shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of Creative Realities shares are owned by company 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.

Risk & Volatility

Adyen has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Realities has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Adyen and Creative Realities, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adyen	0	1	8	1	3.00
Creative Realities	1	1	1	0	2.00

Profitability

This table compares Adyen and Creative Realities’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adyen	N/A	N/A	N/A
Creative Realities	-29.92%	-59.08%	-12.25%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Adyen and Creative Realities”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adyen	$2.67 billion	11.29	$1.20 billion	N/A	N/A
Creative Realities	$57.23 million	0.75	-$8.28 million	($1.87)	-2.18

Adyen has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Realities.

Summary

Adyen beats Creative Realities on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Adyen

Adyen N.V. operates a payments platform in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, the Asia Pacific, Latin America. The company's platform integrates payments stack that include gateway, risk management, processing, issuing, acquiring, and settlement services. It offers a back-end infrastructure for authorizing. It serves digital, mobility, platforms and marketplace, retail, food and beverages, subscription, and hospital businesses. Adyen N.V. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

About Creative Realities

Creative Realities, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital marketing technology and solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers digital signage and media solutions to enhance communications in a wide-ranging variety of out-of-home environments. The company’s solutions include digital merchandising systems and omni-channel customer engagement systems; interactive digital shopping assistants; advisors and kiosks; and other interactive marketing technologies, such as mobile, social media, point-of-sale transactions, beaconing, and web-based media that enables its customers to engage with their consumers. It also provides hardware system design/engineering, hardware installation, content development, content scheduling, post-deployment network and field support, and media sales, as well as media management and distribution software platforms and networks; device and product management; and customized software service layers, systems, experiences, workflows, and integrated solutions. The company sells its solutions to the automotive, retail, digital out of home comprising advertising networks and retail media networks, foodservice/quick-serve restaurants, financial services, gaming, and sports and entertainment venues. Creative Realities, Inc. is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.