Critical Survey: Dalrada Financial (OTCMKTS:DFCO) vs. VCI Global (NASDAQ:VCIG)

Dalrada Financial (OTCMKTS:DFCO) and VCI Global (NASDAQ:VCIG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dalrada Financial and VCI Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dalrada Financial	$20.30 million	0.28	-$24.65 million	($0.22)	-0.21
VCI Global	$27.83 million	0.05	$7.87 million	N/A	N/A

VCI Global has higher revenue and earnings than Dalrada Financial.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Dalrada Financial and VCI Global, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dalrada Financial	0	0	0	0	0.00
VCI Global	1	0	0	0	1.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of VCI Global shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Dalrada Financial shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dalrada Financial	-121.21%	N/A	-104.62%
VCI Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Dalrada Financial has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VCI Global has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VCI Global beats Dalrada Financial on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dalrada Financial

Dalrada Financial Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology and manufacturing company. It operates through Genefic, Dalrada Energy Services, Dalrada Precision Manufacturing, and Dalrada Technologies divisions. The Genefic division processes molecular diagnostic and antibody tests to support the diagnosis of COVID-19 and the detection of immune response to the virus; markets and sells traditional biologics and human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products; and provides prescription management, education, nursing, and total health solutions; distributes alcohol-free hand sanitizers, surface cleaners, laundry aides, antimicrobial solutions, electrostatic sprayers, face masks, gloves, and kits, as well as dispensers, stands, and ease of use packaging for the end consumers. It also manages and oversees wellness and rejuvenation clinics throughout Southern California that offers regenerative therapies, IV and injection services, cosmetic enhancements, and other health centric services; and provides trained nursing and medical assistants for hospitals and home health facilities, as well as pharmacy services. The Dalrada Energy Services division offers energy service solutions and general contracting services. The Dalrada Precision Manufacturing division engages in developing heat pump technology solution for the harvesting and recycling of energy; and manufactures and sells deep cleaners, parts washers, and degreasers to lift hydrocarbon-based dirt and grease from surfaces. It also designs, develops, manufactures, and services chemical and physical vapor deposition systems for the microchip and semiconductor industries. The Dalrada Technologies division provides software and technology solutions specialize in test engineering, accessibility engineering, product engineering, and application modernization. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Escondido, California.

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.