Head-To-Head Survey: NCC Group (OTCMKTS:NCCGF) & GSE Systems (NASDAQ:GVP)

NCC Group (OTCMKTS:NCCGF) and GSE Systems (NASDAQ:GVP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NCC Group and GSE Systems’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NCC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GSE Systems	$47.73 million	0.18	-$15.34 million	($6.80)	-0.52

NCC Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GSE Systems.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for NCC Group and GSE Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NCC Group	0	2	1	0	2.33
GSE Systems	0	0	1	0	3.00

GSE Systems has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 745.07%. Given GSE Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GSE Systems is more favorable than NCC Group.

Profitability

This table compares NCC Group and GSE Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NCC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
GSE Systems	-32.53%	-80.58%	-29.06%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.4% of GSE Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of GSE Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

NCC Group has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSE Systems has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GSE Systems beats NCC Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NCC Group

NCC Group plc engages in the cyber and software resilience business in the United Kingdom, the Asian-Pacific, North America, and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Cyber Security and Software Resilience. It offers assessment and advisory services, which include risk management, supply chain risk, cloud and infrastructure, application and security software, mobile, managed vulnerability scanning, hardware and embedded systems, and cryptography, as well as calibrator and cyber security review solutions. The company also provides detection and response services, including managed detection and response, incident response, and threat intelligence; compliance services, such as data privacy, government security, and payments; and remediation and big bounty services. In addition, it provides software resilience services, such as cloud software escrow solutions, on-premises software escrow agreements, on-premises software escrow verification, virtual and physical escrow vaults, software security testing, and software risk assessment tools, as well as offers training services to developers and other security teams. The company serves customers in various industries that include finance and professional, transport and manufacturing, public, retail, and energy and utilities, as well as technology, media, telecommunications sectors. NCC Group plc was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

About GSE Systems

GSE Systems, Inc. provides professional and technical engineering services, staffing services, and simulation software to power and process industries in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Engineering and Workforce Solutions. The Engineering segment provides various technical engineering services for ASME programs; and simulation software and services, including operator training systems for the nuclear, fossil fuel power generation, and process industries. The Workforce Solutions segment supports project lifecycles and provides specialized and skilled talent for energy and engineering industries, which include reactor operations instructors, procedure writers, project managers, engineers, work management specialists, planners, and training material developers. The company markets its products and services through a network of direct sales staff, agents and representatives, and strategic alliance partners. GSE Systems, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.