GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB – Get Free Report) and MIND C.T.I. (NASDAQ:MNDO – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
95.0% of GitLab shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of MIND C.T.I. shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of GitLab shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
GitLab has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MIND C.T.I. has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GitLab | 4 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2.11 |
| MIND C.T.I. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
GitLab currently has a consensus target price of $51.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.35%. Given GitLab’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GitLab is more favorable than MIND C.T.I..
Profitability
This table compares GitLab and MIND C.T.I.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GitLab | -4.99% | -1.28% | -0.77% |
| MIND C.T.I. | 16.87% | 14.09% | 10.90% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares GitLab and MIND C.T.I.”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GitLab | $955.22 million | 8.49 | -$55.96 million | ($0.32) | -152.06 |
| MIND C.T.I. | $19.46 million | 1.05 | $2.60 million | $0.16 | 6.36 |
MIND C.T.I. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GitLab. GitLab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MIND C.T.I., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
GitLab beats MIND C.T.I. on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GitLab
GitLab Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops software for the software development lifecycle in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers GitLab, a DevOps platform, which is a single application that leads to faster cycle time and allows visibility throughout and control over various stages of the DevOps lifecycle. The company helps organizations to plan, build, secure, and deploy software to drive business outcomes. It also provides related training and professional services. The company was formerly known as GitLab B.V. and changed its name to GitLab Inc. in July 2015. GitLab Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About MIND C.T.I.
MIND C.T.I. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and implements billing and customer care software solutions for communication service providers in the Americas, Europe, Israel, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. It operates in two segments, Billing and Related Services, and Messaging. The company offers billing and customer care solutions that support various services, such as voice, data, and content services, as well as prepaid, postpaid, and pay-in-advance payment models in a single platform. Its solutions also include a workflow engine to support the implementation of business processes, including subscriber registration, order management, trouble ticket, and debt collection; and a point of sale solution that covers dealer, store and cashier management, and sales cycle related activities. In addition, the company offers professional services comprising turnkey project delivery, customer support and maintenance, integration, customizations, and project management; and managed services, including day to day billing operational tasks. Further, it provides PhonEX ONE, a call management system that collects, records, and stores call information, which is used by organizations for telecom expense management, call accounting, traffic analysis, and fraud detection; and a mobile messaging platform. The company offers its products directly, as well as through distributors and resellers primarily to communication service providers, such as traditional wireline and wireless, voice over IP, broadband IP network operators, wireless internet service providers, LTE operators, cable operators, and mobile virtual network operators. MIND C.T.I. Ltd. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Yokneam Illit, Israel.
Receive News & Ratings for GitLab Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for GitLab and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
