Comparing Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) & Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER)

Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Marchex shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Marchex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marchex has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Uber Technologies and Marchex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uber Technologies	10.49%	33.46%	10.55%
Marchex	-8.60%	-10.76%	-8.21%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Uber Technologies and Marchex, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uber Technologies	0	6	32	1	2.87
Marchex	0	0	0	0	0.00

Uber Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $90.51, suggesting a potential upside of 26.38%. Given Uber Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than Marchex.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Uber Technologies and Marchex”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uber Technologies	$41.96 billion	3.59	$1.89 billion	$2.01	35.63
Marchex	$49.91 million	1.63	-$9.91 million	($0.09)	-20.66

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

Summary

Uber Technologies beats Marchex on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Uber Technologies

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services. The Delivery segment allows to search for and discover restaurants to grocery, alcohol, convenience, and other retails; order a meal or other items; and Uber direct, a white-label Delivery-as-a-Service for retailers and restaurants, as well as advertising. The Freight segment manages transportation and logistics network, which connects shippers and carriers in digital marketplace including carriers upfronts, pricing, and shipment booking; and provides on-demand platform to automate logistics end-to-end transactions for small-and medium-sized business to global enterprises. The company was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Marchex

Marchex, Inc., a conversation intelligence company, provides conversational analytics and related solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Its products include Marketing Edge that identifies which campaigns and channels are driving inbound conversations, evaluates what happens during those conversations, and closes the sales loop by connecting converted sales to marketing driven leads; Sonar Business Text Messaging, an artificial intelligence (AI) empowered intelligent workflow enabled mobile messaging solution that enables operations, sales, and marketing teams to communicate personally with field staff, prospects, and customers; Marchex Platform Services, a robust API-based conversation intelligence product that allows executives, sales, customer engagement, and marketing teams to apply Marchex AI to most any calls, regardless of communication platform, in order to identify actionable insights from conversations with their customers; Spotlight, an AI conversation analytics product for multi-location businesses; and Engage, a solution that provides locations with applications to enhance their overall performance. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.