Head-To-Head Analysis: Lightbridge (NASDAQ:LTBR) and TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI)

Volatility & Risk

Lightbridge has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSS has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.1% of Lightbridge shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Lightbridge shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of TSS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lightbridge and TSS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lightbridge	N/A	N/A	-$7.91 million	($0.81)	-8.31
TSS	$148.14 million	1.05	$70,000.00	$0.24	27.17

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

Profitability

This table compares Lightbridge and TSS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightbridge	N/A	-37.03%	-35.89%
TSS	3.59%	87.89%	11.84%

Summary

TSS beats Lightbridge on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lightbridge

Lightbridge Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in developing nuclear fuel technology. It develops and commercializes metallic nuclear fuels. The company was formerly known as Thorium Power, Ltd. and changed its name to Lightbridge Corporation in September 2009. Lightbridge Corporation is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.