Financial Survey: Metro One Telecommunications (WOWI) and Its Peers

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.5% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 33.0% of Metro One Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Metro One Telecommunications and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metro One Telecommunications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Metro One Telecommunications Competitors	3.84%	4.96%	3.68%

Risk and Volatility

Metro One Telecommunications has a beta of 6.49, indicating that its stock price is 549% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metro One Telecommunications’ rivals have a beta of 0.62, indicating that their average stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Metro One Telecommunications and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metro One Telecommunications	$80,000.00	-$3.93 million	0.00
Metro One Telecommunications Competitors	$5,289.98 billion	$1.00 billion	8.95

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

Summary

Metro One Telecommunications rivals beat Metro One Telecommunications on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

Metro One Telecommunications Company Profile

Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. provides mobile commerce platform that enables retailers to launch their own branded mobile application in the United States. Its Mobile Commerce Merchant Platform allows small and medium-sized business retailers and enterprises to launch a branded and functional mobile app; Mobile Commerce Enterprise Platform that enables enterprise retailers, who own and operates brick and mortar store, as well as e-commerce platforms to engage with their customer online and in-store through the customer's mobile application; and Instore engagement Suite solutions. The company was formerly known as Metro One Direct Information Services Inc. and changed its name to Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. in December 1995. Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Sheridan, Wyoming.