BlackRidge Technology International (OTCMKTS:BRTI) vs. Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) Head-To-Head Contrast

BlackRidge Technology International (OTCMKTS:BRTI) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for BlackRidge Technology International and Lakeland Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRidge Technology International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lakeland Industries	0	0	3	0	3.00

Lakeland Industries has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 95.49%. Given Lakeland Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than BlackRidge Technology International.

Profitability

This table compares BlackRidge Technology International and Lakeland Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRidge Technology International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lakeland Industries	-13.31%	-6.88%	-4.47%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BlackRidge Technology International and Lakeland Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRidge Technology International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lakeland Industries	$177.65 million	0.71	-$18.08 million	($3.01)	-4.42

BlackRidge Technology International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lakeland Industries.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 34.5% of BlackRidge Technology International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lakeland Industries beats BlackRidge Technology International on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BlackRidge Technology International

BlackRidge Technology International, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of cyber defense solutions. The company focuses on the cyber security solution for protecting enterprise networks and cloud services, healthcare, industrial controls, and critical infrastructure systems. It offers BlackRidge Transport Access Control software, which authenticates user or device identity and applies security policies across networks and cloud services before application sessions are established. The company was founded by Robert Graham and John Hayes on March 15, 2004 and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

About Lakeland Industries

Lakeland Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market worldwide. It offers firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks. The company provides durable woven garments, including electrostatic dissipative apparel used in electronics clean rooms; flame resistant meta aramid, para aramid, and FR cotton coveralls/pants/jackets used in petrochemical, refining operations, and electrical utilities; FR fabrics; and cotton and polycotton coveralls, lab coats, pants, and shirts. In addition, it provides high visibility clothing comprising reflective apparel, including vests, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, coats, raingear, jumpsuits, hats, and gloves; and gloves and sleeves that are used in the automotive, glass, and metal fabrication industries. The company sells its products to a network of safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments. Lakeland Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.