Comparing Storage Computer (OTCMKTS:SOSO) and Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG)

Storage Computer (OTCMKTS:SOSO) and Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Storage Computer and Pure Storage, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Storage Computer	0	0	0	0	0.00
Pure Storage	1	5	14	0	2.65

Pure Storage has a consensus price target of $70.2105, indicating a potential upside of 26.05%. Given Pure Storage’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pure Storage is more favorable than Storage Computer.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.4% of Pure Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 26.7% of Storage Computer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Pure Storage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Storage Computer and Pure Storage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Storage Computer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pure Storage	3.93%	13.98%	4.91%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Storage Computer and Pure Storage”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Storage Computer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pure Storage	$3.17 billion	5.75	$106.74 million	$0.37	150.54

Pure Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Storage Computer.

Summary

Pure Storage beats Storage Computer on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Storage Computer

Storage Computer Corporation develops data storage software solutions. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Nashua, New Hampshire.

About Pure Storage

Pure Storage, Inc. engages in the provision of data storage and management technologies, products, and services in the United States and internationally. Its Purity software is shared across its products and provides enterprise-class data services, such as always-on data reduction, data protection, and encryption, as well as storage protocols, including block, file, and object. The company also provides FlashArray integrated hardware systems, including FlashArray//X, FlashArray//C, FlashArray//XL, FlashArray//E, and FlashArray File Services for block-oriented storage, addressing databases, applications, virtual machines, and other traditional workloads; and FlashBlade integrated hardware systems comprising FlashBlade//S and FlashBlade//E for managing and processing unstructured data workloads of various types from real-time log analytics and commercial high-performance computing (HPC) to data protection and recovery. In addition, it offers cloud-native storage solutions, such as Portworx by Pure Storage, a cloud-native Kubernetes data management solution; and Portworx Data Services, a Database-as-a-Service platform for Kubernetes. Further, the company provides Pure Fusion, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) management plane, which enables storage administrators to unify storage arrays and optimize storage pools; Evergreen Architecture comprising Pure1, an AI-driven cloud-based management platform, as well as Evergreen//One and Evergreen//Flex data storage solutions; and Cloud Block Store, a virtual block storage array, that provides customers the flexibility to operate a hybrid cloud model with seamless data mobility across on-premises and public cloud environments. It sells its products and subscription services through direct sales force and channel partners. The company was formerly known as OS76, Inc. and changed its name to Pure Storage, Inc. in January 2010. Pure Storage, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.