Critical Comparison: SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ:SKYX) & Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM)

SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ:SKYX) and Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for SKYX Platforms and Intelligent Protection Management, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SKYX Platforms	0	0	0	0	0.00
Intelligent Protection Management	0	0	1	0	3.00

Intelligent Protection Management has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 212.50%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than SKYX Platforms.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

11.8% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.0% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares SKYX Platforms and Intelligent Protection Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SKYX Platforms	-41.24%	-3,407.81%	-56.83%
Intelligent Protection Management	N/A	-16.88%	-12.03%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SKYX Platforms and Intelligent Protection Management”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SKYX Platforms	$86.28 million	1.61	-$35.77 million	($0.36)	-3.47
Intelligent Protection Management	$1.10 million	16.13	-$8.43 million	($0.34)	-5.65

Intelligent Protection Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SKYX Platforms. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SKYX Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

SKYX Platforms has a beta of -3556.93, indicating that its stock price is 355,793% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management beats SKYX Platforms on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SKYX Platforms

SKYX Platforms Corp. provides a series of safe-smart platform technologies. The company’s first and second-generation technologies enable light fixtures, ceiling fans, and other electrically wired products to be installed and plugged into a ceiling’s electrical outlet box. It also provides universal power-plugs and receptacle products. In addition, it offers smart products, such as SkyHome App; sky smart universal power-plug and receptacle; sky-smart plug and play ceiling fans and lightings; and all-in-one smart sky platform. The company was formerly known as SQL Technologies Corp. and changed its name to SKYX Platforms Corp. in June 2022. SKYX Platforms Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

About Intelligent Protection Management

Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.