Reviewing Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) & Izea Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA)

Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) and Izea Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Backblaze and Izea Worldwide”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Backblaze	$145.84 million	1.40	-$25.61 million	($0.46)	-7.39
Izea Worldwide	$31.24 million	1.93	$40,000.00	N/A	N/A

Izea Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Backblaze.

Profitability

This table compares Backblaze and Izea Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Backblaze	-17.56%	-27.38%	-11.98%
Izea Worldwide	0.13%	0.09%	0.07%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Backblaze and Izea Worldwide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Backblaze	2	1	7	0	2.50
Izea Worldwide	2	0	0	0	1.00

Backblaze presently has a consensus target price of $7.21, indicating a potential upside of 112.18%. Given Backblaze’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Backblaze is more favorable than Izea Worldwide.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.0% of Backblaze shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Izea Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Backblaze shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Izea Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Backblaze has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Izea Worldwide has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Backblaze beats Izea Worldwide on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Backblaze

Backblaze, Inc., a storage cloud platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware. It also provides Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. This service is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases, such as public, hybrid, and multi-cloud data storage; application development and DevOps; content delivery and edge computing; security and ransomware protection; media management; backup, archive, and tape replacement; repository for analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning; and Internet of Things. In addition, the company offers Backblaze Computer Backup that automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals, which provides a subscription-based Software-as-a-Service and serves use cases, including computer backup, ransomware protection, theft and loss protection, and remote access. It serves the public cloud IaaS storage and Data-Protection-as-a-Service markets. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

About Izea Worldwide

IZEA Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers software and professional services to connect brands and content creators in North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers IZEA Flex, its flagship platform for managing enterprise influencer marketing; and comprehensive expense management service to track and manage off-platform expenses related to influencer marketing campaigns. It also operates The Creator Marketplace on IZEA.com that provides creators tools to present their work to marketers. In addition, the company provides management of content workflow, creator search and targeting, bidding, analytics, and payment processing services. It primarily sells influencer marketing and custom content campaigns through client development team and platforms. The company was formerly known as IZEA, Inc. and changed its name to IZEA Worldwide, Inc. in August 2018. IZEA Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.