Head-To-Head Review: VCI Global (NASDAQ:VCIG) vs. Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO)

VCI Global (NASDAQ:VCIG) and Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for VCI Global and Exponent, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VCI Global	1	0	0	0	1.00
Exponent	0	2	2	0	2.50

Exponent has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.40%. Given Exponent’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exponent is more favorable than VCI Global.

Profitability

This table compares VCI Global and Exponent’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VCI Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Exponent	17.67%	31.48%	15.53%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares VCI Global and Exponent”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VCI Global	$26.09 million	0.03	-$30.26 million	N/A	N/A
Exponent	$582.01 million	5.65	$106.01 million	$2.23	30.42

Exponent has higher revenue and earnings than VCI Global.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of VCI Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Exponent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

VCI Global has a beta of 7.87, suggesting that its stock price is 687% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Exponent beats VCI Global on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VCI Global

VCI Global Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides business and technology consulting services in Malaysia. The company offers business strategy consultancy services, including listing solutions, investors relations, and boardroom strategies consultancy. It also provides technology consultancy services and solutions, such as digital development, fintech solution, and software solutions. In addition, the company engages in corporate and business advisory services in corporate finance, corporate structuring and restructuring, equity investment, and merger and acquisition; listings on recognized stock exchanges; fintech advisory; technology development; and computer software programming. Further, it is involved in provision of artificial intelligence; image processing; communication; networking and process control software services; money lending services; education and training services; real estate management consultancy services; and leasing and operational management of resort properties. The company serves its products to small-medium enterprises and government-linked agencies, as well as to publicly traded conglomerates across various industries. VCI Global Limited was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

About Exponent

Exponent, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. The Engineering and Other Scientific segment provides services in the areas of biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sciences, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, data sciences, electrical engineering and computer science, human factors, materials and corrosion engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and materials chemistry, thermal sciences, and vehicle engineering. The Environmental and Health segment offers services in the areas of chemical regulation and food safety, ecological and biological sciences, environmental and earth sciences, and health sciences. The company offers approximately 90 technical disciplines to solve pressing and complicated challenges facing stakeholders. It serves clients in chemical, construction, consumer products, energy, food, beverage and nutrition, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, technology, industrial equipment, transportation, and other sectors of the economy. The company was formerly known as The Failure Group, Inc. and changed its name to Exponent, Inc. in 1998. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.