This is therefore a contrasting of the dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation in ServiceSource International Inc. (NASDAQ:SREV) and CSG Systems International Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGS). The two are both Business Software & Services companies that compete with one another.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ServiceSource International Inc.	238.34M	0.35	24.89M	-0.27	0.00
CSG Systems International Inc.	875.06M	1.64	66.13M	2.02	20.51

Table 1 shows top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of the two companies.

Profitability

Table 2 represents ServiceSource International Inc. (NASDAQ:SREV) and CSG Systems International Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGS)’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ServiceSource International Inc.	-10.44%	-24.2%	-9.8%
CSG Systems International Inc.	7.56%	18.5%	6.8%

Risk & Volatility

ServiceSource International Inc. is 74.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500 due to its 1.74 beta. Competitively, CSG Systems International Inc.’s 12.00% volatility makes it more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500, because of the 1.12 beta.

Liquidity

ServiceSource International Inc.’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 3.9 and 3.9 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor CSG Systems International Inc. are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. ServiceSource International Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to CSG Systems International Inc.

Dividends

CSG Systems International Inc. has an annual dividend pay of $0.84 per share while its annual dividend yield is 1.89%. No dividend is paid out by ServiceSource International Inc.

Analyst Ratings

ServiceSource International Inc. and CSG Systems International Inc. Ratings and Recommendations are available on the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ServiceSource International Inc.	0	2	0	2.00
CSG Systems International Inc.	0	0	1	3.00

The consensus price target of ServiceSource International Inc. is $1.25, with potential upside of 39.66%. Competitively CSG Systems International Inc. has a consensus price target of $51, with potential upside of 14.89%. Based on the results delivered earlier, ServiceSource International Inc. is looking more favorable than CSG Systems International Inc., analysts belief.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Institutional investors held 83.5% of ServiceSource International Inc. shares and 0% of CSG Systems International Inc. shares. Insiders held roughly 4.6% of ServiceSource International Inc.’s shares. On the other hand, insiders held about 1.9% of CSG Systems International Inc.’s shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
ServiceSource International Inc.	4.08%	-15%	-25%	-67.31%	-72.51%	-5.56%
CSG Systems International Inc.	-1.52%	14.2%	16.65%	11.73%	-9.98%	30.09%

For the past year ServiceSource International Inc. has -5.56% weaker performance while CSG Systems International Inc. has 30.09% stronger performance.

Summary

On 12 of the 14 factors CSG Systems International Inc. beats ServiceSource International Inc.

ServiceSource International, Inc. provides recurring revenue management, maintenance, support, and subscription for technology and technology-enabled healthcare and life sciences companies. It offers end-to-end management and optimization of the service-contract renewals process, including data management, quoting, selling, and recurring revenue business intelligence. The companyÂ’s solutions include outsourced sales operations, customer onboarding, customer success management, cross-sell and upsell, warranty conversion, account-based marketing, and channel recruitment and enablement, as well as renewals management, including the sale of maintenance and support service contracts for the products used by its clientsÂ’ end-users. Its solutions also comprise client performance analysis, business case, pricing and contract structuring, data integration, data reservoir and performance optimization, client benchmarking and continuous improvement, and developing and delivering applications. In addition, the companyÂ’s technologies include customer success management, renewal and channel management, and productivity tools, as well as Renew OnDemand application. It sells its solutions through sales organization worldwide. ServiceSource International, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

CSG Systems International, Inc. provides business support solutions primarily to the communications industry. Its suite of solutions comprises Advanced Convergent Platform, a billing and customer care platform for cable and satellite providers; Total Service Mediation (TSM) framework that supports offline and real-time mediation requirements; Singleview solution to deliver real-time charging services; and Wholesale Business Management Solution (WBMS), a settlements system, which handles voice, data, and content services. The companyÂ’s solutions also include customer interaction management solutions that process interactive voice, SMS/text, print, e-mail, Web, and fax messages on behalf of clients; and managed services. It also licenses software products, such as WBMS, TSM, and Singleview products; and offers professional services to implement, configure, and maintain software products. The company also provides its services to the carriers, media and entertainment, and digital content distribution industries. It operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.