ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) versus OMNIQ (NASDAQ:OMQS) Financial Survey

ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) and OMNIQ (NASDAQ:OMQS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares ECARX and OMNIQ’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECARX	N/A	N/A	-31.42%
OMNIQ	-15.20%	N/A	-22.45%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for ECARX and OMNIQ, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECARX	0	0	1	0	3.00
OMNIQ	0	0	1	0	3.00

ECARX currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 145.10%. OMNIQ has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,066.28%. Given OMNIQ’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OMNIQ is more favorable than ECARX.

Volatility & Risk

ECARX has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OMNIQ has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.2% of ECARX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of OMNIQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of ECARX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of OMNIQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ECARX and OMNIQ’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ECARX	$515.70 million	0.30	-$223.18 million	N/A	N/A
OMNIQ	$102.54 million	0.05	-$13.61 million	($1.99)	-0.30

OMNIQ has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ECARX.

Summary

ECARX beats OMNIQ on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ECARX

ECARX Holdings Inc. develops a full stack automotive computing platform to reshape the mobility market worldwide. Its principal products include infotainment head units, digital cockpits, and vehicle chip-set solutions, as well as core operating system and integrated software stack. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About OMNIQ

OMNIQ Corp. provides artificial intelligence based solutions in the United States. It provides computerized and machine vision image processing solution to deliver data collection, real time surveillance, and monitoring for supply chain management, homeland security, public safety, traffic and parking management, and access control applications. The company offer end-to-end solutions, which includes hardware, software, communications, and lifecycle management services; manufacture and distribute barcode labels, tags, and ribbons, as well as RFID labels and tags; and provides packaged and configurable software, and mobile and wireless equipment. In addition, it provides suite of configurable packaged software solutions comprises Order Entry for access to real-time information and up-to-date data to facilitates and streamline job function; Intelligent Order Entry adds the capability to aging order entry system; and iTrack, an internet tracking system to track and deploy hardware devices; Warehouse, a collection of application for portable to warehouse floor and dock doors. The company also offers WTMiP provides link between corporate and the mobile worker its servers allow files and data to synchronize between the corporate host and laptops, handheld devices, and windows CE or window mobile devices; Easy Order, an on-line purchasing portal which provides customized portal including own unique private on-line store; Quest Total Solutions as a Services including hardware, software, services, and wireless data. Further, it operates media and label business, which is a repeatable easy order online purchasing portal; and serves government agencies and Fortune 500 companies in various sectors including healthcare, food and beverage, manufacturing, retail, distribution, transportation and logistics, and oil, gas, and chemicals. The company was formerly known as Quest Solution, Inc. OMNIQ Corp. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.