Cadre (NYSE:CDRE – Get Free Report) and Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Cadre and Guardforce AI”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Cadre | $572.61 million | 2.77 | $36.13 million | $0.94 | 41.52 |
Guardforce AI | $36.35 million | 0.54 | -$5.86 million | N/A | N/A |
Volatility & Risk
Cadre has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Cadre and Guardforce AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Cadre | 6.65% | 12.08% | 5.60% |
Guardforce AI | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Cadre and Guardforce AI, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Cadre | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
Guardforce AI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Cadre currently has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.92%. Guardforce AI has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 305.41%. Given Guardforce AI’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guardforce AI is more favorable than Cadre.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
44.0% of Cadre shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Cadre shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cadre beats Guardforce AI on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cadre
Cadre Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes safety that provides protection to users in hazardous or life-threatening situations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Distribution. It offers body armor product, such as concealable, corrections, and tactical armor under the Safariland and Protech Tactical brand names; survival suits, remotely operated vehicles, specialty tools, blast sensors, accessories, and vehicle blast attenuation seats for bomb safety technicians; bomb suits; duty gear, including belts and accessories; and other protective equipment comprising communications gear, forensic and investigation products, firearms cleaning solutions, and crowd control products. The company also offers third-party products, such as uniforms, optics, boots, firearms, and ammunition. It serves first responders, such as state and local law enforcement, fire and rescue, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, emergency medical technicians, fishing, and wildlife enforcement and departments of corrections, as well as federal agencies including the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Corrections, the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Waste Isolation Plant, and various foreign government agencies. Cadre Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
About Guardforce AI
Guardforce AI Co., Limited offers cash solutions and cash handling services in Thailand. The company operates through four segments: Secured Logistics Business, General Security Solutions, Robotics Solution Business, and Information Security Business. Its services include cash-in-transit, vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, consolidate cash center, and cheque center services, as well as cash deposit machine solutions, such as cash deposit management and express cash services. The company also sells and rents robots; and sells and installs Rapid7 software, as well as provision of integrated alarm security system installation, PCI ASV scan, and penetration testing services. Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin manufacturing mints, and government authorities. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Singapore.
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