Mobilicom (NASDAQ:MOB) and SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) Head to Head Survey

SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) and Mobilicom (NASDAQ:MOB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Mobilicom shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of SoundThinking shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Mobilicom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for SoundThinking and Mobilicom, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundThinking	0	0	5	0	3.00
Mobilicom	0	0	0	0	0.00

SoundThinking presently has a consensus target price of $20.80, suggesting a potential upside of 62.88%. Given SoundThinking’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than Mobilicom.

Risk & Volatility

SoundThinking has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobilicom has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SoundThinking and Mobilicom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundThinking	-9.74%	-13.76%	-7.36%
Mobilicom	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SoundThinking and Mobilicom”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SoundThinking	$102.03 million	1.60	-$9.18 million	($0.79)	-16.16
Mobilicom	$3.18 million	15.17	-$8.01 million	N/A	N/A

Mobilicom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SoundThinking.

About SoundThinking

SoundThinking, Inc., a public safety technology company that provides transformative solutions and strategic advisory services for law enforcement and civic leadership. Its SafetySmart Platform, an integrated suite of data-driven tools that enable law enforcement and community violence prevention and health organizations to be efficient in public safety outcomes. It offers ShotSpotter, an acoustic gunshot detection system; CrimeTracer, a law enforcement search engine; CaseBuilder, an investigation management system; and ResourceRouter, a software that directs patrol and community anti-violence resources to help maximize their impact. The company sells its solutions through its direct sales teams. The company was formerly known as ShotSpotter, Inc. and changed its name to SoundThinking, Inc. in April 2023. SoundThinking, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Mobilicom

Mobilicom Limited operates as an end-to-end provider of cybersecurity and smart solutions for drones, robotics, and autonomous platforms. It designs, develops, and delivers smart solutions, such as cloud management software, communication datalink and mobile mesh networking terminals, handheld control terminals, and professional services and support for drone, robotics, and autonomous system manufacturers, as well as hardware products and software solutions. Mobilicom Limited was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Shoham, Israel.