Analyzing Adacel Technologies (OTCMKTS:AELTF) and Intellinetics (OTCMKTS:INLX)

Adacel Technologies (OTCMKTS:AELTF) and Intellinetics (OTCMKTS:INLX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Adacel Technologies and Intellinetics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adacel Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intellinetics	4.09%	7.71%	3.42%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Adacel Technologies and Intellinetics’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adacel Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.03)	-15.60
Intellinetics	$16.34 million	1.07	$20,000.00	$0.15	28.67

Intellinetics has higher revenue and earnings than Adacel Technologies. Adacel Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intellinetics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Intellinetics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Intellinetics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Adacel Technologies and Intellinetics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adacel Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Intellinetics	0	0	1	0	3.00

Summary

Intellinetics beats Adacel Technologies on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Adacel Technologies

Adacel Technologies Limited develops and sells air traffic management, air traffic control simulation, and training systems and services for the military and civil sectors primarily in the United States, Canada, Estonia, and Australia. It operates through Systems and Services segments. The Systems segment is involved in the sale of advanced systems, technical software, and hardware. The Services segment includes development and support, and field technical services. The company also offers Aurora air traffic management (ATC) solution for providing oceanic, procedural, and mixed surveillance airspace control; MaxSim air traffic simulator training system; AeroDrive, an immersive training simulator to train airport drivers in a 3-D environment; and intelligent communications environment, an aviation phraseology training tool for air traffic controllers and pilots. In addition, it provides REVAL virtual ATC tower system that delivers digital tower operational solutions. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Port Melbourne, Australia.

About Intellinetics

Intellinetics, Inc. designs, develops, tests, markets, and licenses document services and software solutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Document Management and Document Conversion. Its software platform allows its customers to capture and manage documents across operations, such as scanned hard-copy documents and digital documents, including Microsoft Office 365, digital images, audios, videos, and emails. The company's flagship software suite includes IntelliCloud platform that comprises image processing modules, records management, workflow, and extended components. It also provides installation, integration, training, and consulting services; ongoing software maintenance and customer support services; and digital scanning, microfilm and microfiche, box storage, scanning equipment, and software and repair services, as well as long-term paper and microfilm storage, and retrieval option services. In addition, the company offers business process outsourcing services. Intellinetics, Inc. sells its products to resellers and directly to customers, as well as provides access to its software solutions as a service through the Internet. It serves business and federal, county, and municipal governments, as well as healthcare, K-12 education, public safety, other public sector, risk management, financial services, and others. The company was formerly known as GlobalWise Investments, Inc. and changed its name to Intellinetics, Inc. in September 2014. Intellinetics, Inc. is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.