Ooma (NYSE:OOMA – Get Free Report) and AmpliTech Group (NASDAQ:AMPG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ooma and AmpliTech Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ooma | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| AmpliTech Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Ooma currently has a consensus price target of $17.6250, suggesting a potential upside of 54.61%. AmpliTech Group has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.23%. Given AmpliTech Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AmpliTech Group is more favorable than Ooma.
Volatility and Risk
Profitability
This table compares Ooma and AmpliTech Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ooma | -1.89% | 2.72% | 1.54% |
| AmpliTech Group | -77.94% | -29.49% | -24.39% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
80.4% of Ooma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Ooma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Ooma and AmpliTech Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ooma | $256.85 million | 1.22 | -$6.90 million | ($0.19) | -60.00 |
| AmpliTech Group | $10.81 million | 5.56 | -$11.24 million | ($0.69) | -4.23 |
Ooma has higher revenue and earnings than AmpliTech Group. Ooma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AmpliTech Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ooma beats AmpliTech Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ooma
Ooma, Inc. provides communications services and related technologies for businesses and consumers in the United States and Canada. The company's products and services include Ooma Office, a cloud-based multi-user communications system for small and medium-sized businesses; Ooma Connect, which delivers fixed wireless internet connectivity; and Ooma Enterprise, a unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) solution. It also provides Ooma AirDial, a plain old telephone service; PureVoice HD, a residential phone services; Ooma basic that provides unlimited personal calling within the United States; and Ooma Premier, a suite of advanced calling features on a monthly or annual subscription basis. In addition, the company offers Ooma Telo, a home communications solution designed to serve as the primary phone line in the home; Ooma Telo Air, a wireless Ooma Telo with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; and Ooma Telo LTE, which combines the Ooma Telo base station with the Ooma LTE Adapter and battery back-up. Further, it provides Ooma Mobile HD app that allows users to make and receive phone calls and access Ooma features and settings; 2600Hz provides business communication applications; Talkatone mobile app; and OnSIP, an UCaaS solutions. The company offers its products through direct sales, distributors, retailers, and resellers, as well as online and sale representatives. Ooma, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
About AmpliTech Group
AmpliTech Group, Inc. designs, engineers, and assembles micro-wave component-based amplifiers. The company’s products include radio frequency (RF) amplifiers and related subsystems, such as low noise amplifiers for use in receivers of various communication systems comprising Wi-Fi, radar, satellite, base station, cell phone, radio, etc.; and medium power amplifiers that provide enhanced output power and gain in transceiver chains. It provides specialty microwave block downconverters used as a test device on satellite access point antennas; specialty microwave 1:2 Tx protection switch panels that is used in satellite communication earth stations; desktop/benchtop and compact wideband power amplifiers used in SATCOM rack mount systems, as well as test equipment used in integrators and manufacturers of various communications systems, such as cellular base stations, simulators, and point to point wireless radios; and waveguide to coaxial adapters for SATCOM and satellite internet gateway systems. In addition, the company offers cryogenic amplifiers for quantum computing, medical, RF imaging, research and development, space communications, accelerators, radiometry, and telephony applications; and cryogenic and non-cryogenic 4g/5g small cell subsystems for high-speed networks and airline Wi-Fi systems. Further, it provides custom assembly designs and non-recurring engineering services on a project-by-project basis, as well as IC packaging and lids products. The company serves aerospace, government, defense, commercial satellite, and wireless industries through sales representatives and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. AmpliTech Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Hauppauge, New York.
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