Financial Contrast: Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC)

Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

4.0% of Taoping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Taoping shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Taoping and SS&C Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taoping	N/A	N/A	N/A
SS&C Technologies	12.93%	18.30%	6.90%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Taoping and SS&C Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taoping	$36.67 million	0.12	-$700,000.00	N/A	N/A
SS&C Technologies	$5.96 billion	3.25	$760.50 million	$3.22	24.39

SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Taoping.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Taoping and SS&C Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taoping	0	0	0	0	0.00
SS&C Technologies	0	1	5	1	3.00

SS&C Technologies has a consensus target price of $91.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.97%. Given SS&C Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Taoping.

Volatility & Risk

Taoping has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SS&C Technologies beats Taoping on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Taoping

Taoping Inc. provides cloud-based platform, resource sharing, and big data solutions to the Chinese new media, education residential community management, and elevator Internet of Things (IoT) industries in the People's Republic of China. It operates through Cloud-Based Technology and Traditional Information Technology segments. The company offers cloud-based software as a service to automate the interactive workflows between advertising agencies and their customers, including establishing new advertising projects, submitting advertisement proposals, revising and approving advertising proposals, processing payment online, remotely uploading advertisement content, and tracking and analyzing performance data. It also provides project-based technology products and services for the public sector; and software and hardware with integrated solutions, such as information technology infrastructure, internet-enabled display technologies, and IoT platforms to customers in government, education, residential community management, media, transportation, and other private sectors, as well as related maintenance and support services. In addition, the company offers cloud-application-terminal, IoT technology based digital advertising distribution network, and media resource sharing platform in the out-of-home advertising markets. Further, it operates Taoping Net, an advertising-resources trading service platform, which connect screen owners, advertisers, and consumers; and Taoping App that enable customers to distribute and manage ads from mobile terminals. The company was formerly known as China Information Technology, Inc. and changed its name to Taoping Inc. in June 2018. Taoping Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.

About SS&C Technologies

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. engages in the development and provision of software solutions to the financial services and healthcare industries. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan, Canada, and the Americas, excluding the United States and Canada. Its products include advent genesis, antares, asset allocators, AWD, axys, BANC mall, BRIX, DST vision, evare, lightning, and moxy. The company was founded by William Charles Stone in March 1986 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.