Financial Comparison: Cycurion (CYCU) vs. The Competition

Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) is one of 41 public companies in the “PROTECTION – SFTY” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Cycurion to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.6% of Cycurion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of shares of all “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of Cycurion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of shares of all “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cycurion and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cycurion	$17.77 million	$1.23 million	-5.96
Cycurion Competitors	$1.24 billion	$109.95 million	21.06

Cycurion’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Cycurion. Cycurion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cycurion and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cycurion	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cycurion Competitors	406	697	1119	72	2.37

As a group, “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies have a potential upside of 386.55%. Given Cycurion’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cycurion has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Cycurion and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cycurion	N/A	-236.69%	-63.05%
Cycurion Competitors	-36.70%	-32.12%	-5.31%

Risk and Volatility

Cycurion has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion’s competitors have a beta of 8.42, suggesting that their average stock price is 742% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cycurion competitors beat Cycurion on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Cycurion

Cycurion is a global leading provider of Network Communications and Information Technology Security Solutions. Our mission is to develop and deliver world-class, cutting-edge solutions for our clients, regardless of size or complication, expressly optimizing your IT environment to meet the business need and to keep projects on track and on budget.