Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ – Get Free Report) and FalconStor Software (OTCMKTS:FALC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Intrusion and FalconStor Software”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Intrusion | $5.77 million | 6.17 | -$7.79 million | ($0.92) | -1.95 |
| FalconStor Software | $10.42 million | 1.35 | $690,000.00 | ($0.18) | -10.93 |
Volatility & Risk
Intrusion has a beta of -1.5, indicating that its share price is 250% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FalconStor Software has a beta of 3.19, indicating that its share price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
19.4% of Intrusion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of FalconStor Software shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Intrusion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of FalconStor Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Intrusion and FalconStor Software’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Intrusion | -119.32% | -154.60% | -61.19% |
| FalconStor Software | 3.68% | -2.07% | 3.31% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Intrusion and FalconStor Software, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Intrusion | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| FalconStor Software | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Intrusion currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 277.09%. Given Intrusion’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intrusion is more favorable than FalconStor Software.
Summary
FalconStor Software beats Intrusion on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Intrusion
Intrusion Inc., a cybersecurity company in the United States. The company offers its customers access to threat intelligence database, which contains the historical data, known associations, and reputational behavior of Internet Protocol addresses. It offers INTRUSION Shield, a zero trust reputation-based Software as a Service solution that inspects and kills dangerous network connections. The company also provides INTRUSION TraceCop, a big data tool that contains an inventory of network selectors and enrichments to support forensic investigations; and INTRUSION Savant, a network monitoring solution that uses the data available in TraceCop to identify suspicious traffic in real-time. In addition, it engages in the provision of pre-and post-sales support services, such as network security design, system installation, and technical consulting services. The company serves US federal government entities, state and local government entities, and companies ranging from mid-market to large enterprises through a direct sales force and value-added resellers. The company was formerly known as Intrusion.com, Inc. and changed its name to Intrusion Inc. in November 2001. Intrusion Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
About FalconStor Software
FalconStor Software, Inc., a storage software company, enables enterprise customers and managed service providers to secure, migrate, and protect their data worldwide. It offers FalconStor Virtual Tape Library, a software that emulates and replaces cumbersome physical tape libraries for archive related data preservation without being replacing their enterprise backup and archive software and associated processes; FalconStor StorSafe, a long-term archive data management software; FalconStor Continuous Data Protector delivers instant data availability, and reliable recovery; and FalconStor Network Storage Server for data storage virtualization and business continuity in heterogeneous environments. The company also provides FalconStor StorSigh, a long-term archive and business continuity driven data replication from one centralized management point; FalconStor RecoverTrac Disaster Recovery Technology that streamlines the implementation, testing, and execution of disaster recovery operations; and FalconStor MicroScanTM Technology, which minimizes the amount of data transferred during replication by eliminating inefficiencies at the application and file system layer. It sells its products through authorized partners, value-added resellers, solution providers, system integrators, direct market resellers, distributors, managed service providers, cloud service providers, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as directly to customers. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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