Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX – Get Free Report) and CISO Global (NASDAQ:CISO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of CISO Global shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urgent.ly shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of CISO Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Urgent.ly has a beta of -5.01, meaning that its share price is 601% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CISO Global has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Urgent.ly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| CISO Global | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Urgent.ly currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.84%. Given Urgent.ly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than CISO Global.
Profitability
This table compares Urgent.ly and CISO Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Urgent.ly | -15.81% | N/A | -47.23% |
| CISO Global | -11.67% | -20.09% | -11.84% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Urgent.ly and CISO Global”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Urgent.ly | $129.19 million | 0.09 | -$20.43 million | ($13.82) | -0.40 |
| CISO Global | $26.61 million | 0.35 | -$8.07 million | ($0.19) | -1.06 |
CISO Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Urgent.ly. CISO Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urgent.ly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CISO Global beats Urgent.ly on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Urgent.ly
URGENT.LY INC
About CISO Global
CISO Global Inc. operates as a cybersecurity and compliance company in the United States, Chile, and internationally. The company offers security managed services, including compliance, secured managed, and cyber defense operation services; culture education and enablement; tools and technology provisioning; data, privacy, regulations, and compliance monitoring; remote infrastructure administration; and antivirus and patch management services. It also provides cybersecurity professional services, such as incident response and digital forensics; security testing and training; cybersecurity consulting; compliance auditing; vulnerability assessment and penetration testing; and disaster recovery and data backup solutions. The company was formerly known as Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation and changed its name to CISO Global Inc. in May 2023. CISO Global Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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