Analyzing Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Baylin Technologies (OTCMKTS:BYLTF)

Baylin Technologies (OTCMKTS:BYLTF) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Baylin Technologies and Cisco Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baylin Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cisco Systems	0	7	15	2	2.79

Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $129.43, suggesting a potential upside of 16.56%. Given Cisco Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than Baylin Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Baylin Technologies and Cisco Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baylin Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cisco Systems	20.95%	30.16%	11.69%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Baylin Technologies and Cisco Systems”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Baylin Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cisco Systems	$63.33 billion	6.91	$13.27 billion	$3.34	33.25

Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Baylin Technologies.

Summary

Cisco Systems beats Baylin Technologies on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Baylin Technologies

Baylin Technologies Inc., together with its subsidiaries, researches, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells passive and active radio frequency (RF) products, satellite communications products, and supporting services. It offers embedded antennas for use in smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices; device-specific antennas for Wi-Fi routers; gateway devices for smart home connectivity, set-top boxes, and land mobile radio products. The company provides RF components, including GaN-based power amplifiers, gallium arsenide-based power amplifiers, indoor and outdoor frequency converters, and transceivers; and antenna controllers for customers in the broadcast, maritime and cruise ships, government and military, homeland security, direct-to-home satellite, oil and gas, and wireless communications verticals. In addition, it provides RF and microwave solid state power amplifiers; and pulsed amplifiers for radar applications, and transmitter and transceiver products, as well as RF passive components and systems. The company offers its products under the Galtronics, and Advantech Wireless brands. Baylin Technologies Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; wireless products include wireless access points and controllers; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization. In addition, it provides Internet for the future product consists of routed optical networking, 5G, silicon, and optics solutions; collaboration products, such as meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end security product consists of network security, cloud security, security endpoints, unified threat management, and zero trust; and optimized application experiences products including full stack observability and network assurance. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services and advisory services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with other companies. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.