Intellicheck (NYSE:IDN – Get Rating) and Marin Software (NYSE:MRIN – Get Rating) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
37.2% of Intellicheck shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Marin Software shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Intellicheck shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Marin Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Intellicheck has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marin Software has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Intellicheck and Marin Software, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Intellicheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Marine Software | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Profitability
This table compares Intellicheck and Marin Software’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Intellicheck | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Marine Software | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuations
This table compares Intellicheck and Marin Software’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| GrossRevenues | Price/Sales Ratio | NetIncome | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Intellicheck | $15.32 million | 3.13 | -$4.73 million | ($0.25) | -10.12 |
| Marine Software | $20.72 million | 0.93 | -$18.69 million | ($1.16) | -1.03 |
Intellicheck has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marin Software. Intellicheck is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marin Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Intellicheck beats Marin Software on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Intellicheck
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Intellicheck, Inc. engages in the development, integration, and marketing of threat and identity authentication solutions. It offers professional services, retail, age, defense, guest and port ID. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, NY.
About Marine Software
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Marine Software, Inc. is a cloud-based digital advertising management company. It provides cross-channel, cross-device, enterprise marketing software platform for search, social and display advertising channels, offered as a software-as-a-service. The firm’s integrated platform is an analytics, workflow and optimization solutions for marketing professionals, allowing them to manage their digital advertising spend across search and display advertising channels. The company was founded by Christopher A. Lien, Paul M. Butler, Joseph Chang and Wister Walcott in April 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
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