Financial Contrast: Wrap Technologies (WRAP) versus Its Competitors

Volatility and Risk

Wrap Technologies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wrap Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 8.61, meaning that their average share price is 761% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Wrap Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wrap Technologies	$4.50 million	-$5.88 million	-9.10
Wrap Technologies Competitors	$1.23 billion	$110.42 million	50.89

Wrap Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Wrap Technologies. Wrap Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Wrap Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wrap Technologies	-155.10%	-180.13%	-31.95%
Wrap Technologies Competitors	-19.22%	-74.49%	-1.08%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.8% of Wrap Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of shares of all “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of Wrap Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of shares of all “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wrap Technologies competitors beat Wrap Technologies on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

Wrap Technologies Company Profile

Wrap Technologies, Inc., a public safety technology and services company, develops policing solutions to law enforcement and security personnel. The company's flagship product is BolaWrap 150, a handheld remote restraint device that discharges a seven and a half-foot Kevlar tether, entangling an individual from a range of 10-25 feet. It also offers virtual reality training system, a law enforcement 3D training system employing immersive computer graphics VR with proprietary software-enabled content. It operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Tempe, Arizona.