Comparing Agent Information Software (AIFS) & Its Peers

Agent Information Software (OTCMKTS:AIFS) is one of 148 public companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Agent Information Software to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

Agent Information Software has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agent Information Software’s peers have a beta of 1.12, indicating that their average share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.8% of Agent Information Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Agent Information Software and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agent Information Software	$5.41 million	$200,000.00	26.01
Agent Information Software Competitors	$943.24 million	$10.18 million	3.09

Agent Information Software’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Agent Information Software. Agent Information Software 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.

Profitability

This table compares Agent Information Software and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agent Information Software	4.65%	N/A	N/A
Agent Information Software Competitors	-142.79%	-1,811.04%	-8.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Agent Information Software and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agent Information Software	0	0	0	0	N/A
Agent Information Software Competitors	817	4333	5914	138	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 16.65%. Given Agent Information Software’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agent Information Software has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Agent Information Software pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Agent Information Software pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 44.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Agent Information Software peers beat Agent Information Software on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Agent Information Software Company Profile

Agent Information Software, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software products and services used to create, manage, publish, and access information content via Internet or Web. It offers its software products and services to customers in the library community in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California.