Critical Contrast: Cycurion (CYCU) and Its Competitors

Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) is one of 41 publicly-traded companies in the “PROTECTION – SFTY” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Cycurion to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Cycurion and its peers, 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	414	710	1128	72	2.37

As a group, “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies have a potential upside of 419.97%. Given Cycurion’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cycurion has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Cycurion and its peers’ 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	-36.58%	-31.88%	-5.27%

Risk & Volatility

Cycurion has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion’s peers have a beta of 8.39, meaning that their average share price is 739% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cycurion	$17.77 million	$1.23 million	-0.15
Cycurion Competitors	$1.24 billion	$109.95 million	19.61

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

Summary

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

Cycurion Company Profile

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.