Informatica (NYSE:INFA – Get Free Report) and KWESST Micro Systems (NASDAQ:KWE – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of KWESST Micro Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Informatica and KWESST Micro Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Informatica | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.44 |
| KWESST Micro Systems | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Informatica and KWESST Micro Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Informatica | -7.85% | 4.29% | 1.79% |
| KWESST Micro Systems | -1,045.44% | -289.30% | -117.92% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Informatica and KWESST Micro Systems’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Informatica | $1.60 billion | 7.12 | -$125.28 million | ($0.46) | -83.65 |
| KWESST Micro Systems | $970,000.00 | 4.29 | -$6.90 million | ($1.04) | -0.67 |
KWESST Micro Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Informatica. Informatica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KWESST Micro Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Informatica has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KWESST Micro Systems has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Informatica beats KWESST Micro Systems on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Informatica
Informatica Inc. develops an artificial intelligence-powered platform that connects, manages, and unifies data across multi-vendor, multi-cloud, and hybrid systems at enterprise scale worldwide. Its platform includes a suite of interoperable data management products, including data integration products to ingest, transform, and integrate data; API and application integration products that enable users to create and manage APIs and integration processes for app-to-app synchronization, business process orchestration, B2B partner management, application development, and API management; data quality and observability products to profile, cleanse, standardize, observe, and monitor data to deliver accurate, complete, and consistent data; and master data management products to create an authoritative single source of truth of business-critical data. The company's platform also includes customer and business 360 application that allow business analysts to create 360-degree views of business data domains like customer, product, supplier, reference, and finance with simplified business user experiences; data catalog products that enables customers to quickly find, access, and understand enterprise data using a simple Google-like search experience; governance and privacy products that help users define policies, govern data, and ensure compliance with industry and corporate policies; and a data marketplace that delivers cloud shopping experience for data consumers and enables data sharing and AI models across organizations to facilitate data-driven decision making. It also offers maintenance and professional services. The company sells its products through its direct sales team. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
About KWESST Micro Systems
KWESST Micro Systems Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of tactical systems and ammunitions for military, public safety agencies, and personal defense markets. It provides non-lethal products, including PARA OPS devices and ARWEN products. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.
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