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

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Realities	$63.85 million	0.68	-$8.28 million	($1.87)	-2.19
Adyen	$2.67 billion	11.18	$1.20 billion	N/A	N/A

Adyen has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Realities.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.3% of Creative Realities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adyen shares are held by institutional investors. 26.8% of Creative Realities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Creative Realities and Adyen, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Realities	2	0	1	0	1.67
Adyen	0	1	8	1	3.00

Volatility and Risk

Creative Realities has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adyen has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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.

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.