Critical Contrast: FIH Mobile (OTCMKTS:FXCNY) & Absolute Software (OTCMKTS:ALSWF)

Profitability

This table compares Absolute Software and FIH Mobile’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Absolute Software	10.16%	-23.28%	9.44%
FIH Mobile	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Absolute Software pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,106.0%. FIH Mobile pays an annual dividend of $0.0630 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Absolute Software pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.2% of Absolute Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Absolute Software and FIH Mobile”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Absolute Software	$104.67 million	0.01	$10.64 million	$0.24	0.09
FIH Mobile	$6.45 billion	0.90	-$120.68 million	N/A	N/A

Absolute Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FIH Mobile.

Summary

Absolute Software beats FIH Mobile on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Absolute Software

Absolute Software Corp. engages in the provision of cloud-based service that supports the management and security of computing devices, applications, and data for a variety of organizations. Its solutions includes education, financial services, general date protection regulations (GDPR) compliance, government, healthcare, professional services, and technology solutions such as Absolute for Android, and Absolute for Chromebook. The company was founded on November 24, 1993 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About FIH Mobile

FIH Mobile Limited, an investment holding company, provides integrated manufacturing services for the handset industry worldwide. The company designs, manufactures, and trades in handsets, as well as offers repair services. It is also involved in the research and development activity; manufacture and sale of electronic products; and import and export activities. The company was formerly known as Foxconn International Holdings Limited and changed its name to FIH Mobile Limited in May 2013. FIH Mobile Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. FIH Mobile Limited is a subsidiary of Foxconn (Far East) Limited.