Cycurion (CYCU) and Its Competitors Financial Review

Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) is one of 271 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Cycurion to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.6% of Cycurion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Cycurion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cycurion and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cycurion	1	1	1	0	2.00
Cycurion Competitors	1992	5653	9473	342	2.47

Cycurion presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,243.10%. As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 29.40%. Given Cycurion’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cycurion is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Cycurion and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cycurion	-98.83%	-98.55%	-46.19%
Cycurion Competitors	-189.78%	-32.45%	-8.29%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cycurion and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cycurion	$15.13 million	-$23.67 million	-0.10
Cycurion Competitors	$3.32 billion	$227.06 million	-23.52

Cycurion’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cycurion. Cycurion is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Cycurion has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion’s peers have a beta of 2.16, suggesting that their average stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cycurion peers beat Cycurion on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Cycurion

Cycurion is a global leading provider of Network Communications and Information Technology Security Solutions. Our mission is to develop and deliver world-class, cutting-edge solutions for our clients, regardless of size or complication, expressly optimizing your IT environment to meet the business need and to keep projects on track and on budget.