Ability (OTCMKTS:ABILF) & TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) Head-To-Head Survey

Ability (OTCMKTS:ABILF) and TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Ability and TaskUs, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ability	0	0	0	0	0.00
TaskUs	0	5	1	1	2.43

TaskUs has a consensus target price of $16.88, suggesting a potential downside of 2.79%. Given Ability’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ability is more favorable than TaskUs.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.6% of TaskUs shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Ability shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of TaskUs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ability and TaskUs”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ability	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TaskUs	$994.98 million	1.57	$45.87 million	$0.69	25.16

TaskUs has higher revenue and earnings than Ability.

Volatility & Risk

Ability has a beta of -440.89, indicating that its share price is 44,189% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ability and TaskUs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ability	N/A	N/A	N/A
TaskUs	5.70%	20.37%	10.72%

Summary

TaskUs beats Ability on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ability

Ability Inc. provides systems for off-air cellular and satellite interception, and geolocation worldwide. The company engages in the interception of cellular and satellite communication networks for surveillance, border security, anti-terror, anti-crime, intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, target tracking, airport security, and tracking suspicious people for use by the ministries of defense, national agencies, secret services and security officers, federal police forces and presidential police, homeland security organizations, border control forces, integrators, anti-drug organizations and law enforcement units, and ministries of interior and justice, as well as armies, navies, and air forces. It also provides tactical and strategic interception systems for Thuraya, Iridium, and IsatPhone Pro that intercepts voice calls, SMS, data traffic, call related information, and detecting location of satellite phones; and systems to intercept VSAT, DCME, and other satellite links. In addition, the company offers cellular interception systems, which include Unlimited Interceptor, a geolocation system that detects the location of phones participating in intercepted conversations; GoDown, a system in cellular phones to change operational mode and operates as a selective jammer for prison-related projects; and In-Between Interception System that supports GSM, UMTS, and LTE networks. Further, it provides various IMSI catcher configurations and CDMA interception systems. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

About TaskUs

TaskUs, Inc. provides digital outsourcing services for companies in Philippines, the United States, India, and internationally. It offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through non-voice digital channels; and other solutions, including experience and customer care services for new product or market launches, and customer acquisition solutions. The company also provides trust and safety solutions, such as review and disposition of user and advertiser generated visual, text, and audio content, which include removal or labeling of policy violating, and offensive or misleading content, as well as risk management, compliance, identity management, and fraud services; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, context relevance, and transcription services for training and tuning machine learning algorithms that enables to develop AI systems. It serves clients in various industry segments comprising e-commerce, FinTech, food delivery and ride sharing, gaming, technology, HealthTech, social media, and streaming media. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.