Financial Analysis: Mitie Group (OTCMKTS:MITFY) versus UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN)

UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN) and Mitie Group (OTCMKTS:MITFY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares UMC and Mitie Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UMC	N/A	N/A	-$180,000.00	N/A	N/A
Mitie Group	$6.48 billion	0.41	$129.38 million	N/A	N/A

Mitie Group has higher revenue and earnings than UMC.

Volatility and Risk

UMC has a beta of 29.52, indicating that its share price is 2,852% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitie Group has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for UMC and Mitie Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UMC	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mitie Group	0	1	0	1	3.00

Profitability

This table compares UMC and Mitie Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UMC	-1,110.00%	N/A	N/A
Mitie Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Mitie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of UMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Mitie Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mitie Group beats UMC on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UMC

UMC, Inc. provides medical insurance claims coding and processing, electronic medical records storage, chargemaster review, pricing comparison, and accounts receivable management services to healthcare providers. Its customers primarily include hospitals, medical clinics, and physician practitioners in the United States. The company was formerly known as United Medicorp, Inc. and changed its name to UMC, Inc. in May 2007. UMC, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Pampa, Texas.

About Mitie Group

Mitie Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides facilities management and professional services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Business Services, Technical Services, Central Government & Defense (CG&D), Communities. The company provides decarbonization, electrical grid connections, emission intelligence, energy and carbon, EV fleets, and heat solutions, as well as solar energy; cleaning and hygiene, engineering maintenance, integrated facilities management, landscape, and waste management services; project and workplace services; and Fire & security systems, front of house, intelligence, vetting, and security guarding service. It serves to financial, professional, life science, manufacturing, media, telecom and tech, retail, shopping centres, transport, utilities, central and local government, critical environment, defence, education, healthcare, and justice and immigration sectors. The company was incorporated in 1936 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.