SecureAlert (OTCMKTS:TRCK) & BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) Critical Contrast

BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) and SecureAlert (OTCMKTS:TRCK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares BigBear.ai and SecureAlert’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BigBear.ai	-274.70%	-26.11%	-12.37%
SecureAlert	-5.35%	-5.94%	1.77%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BigBear.ai and SecureAlert”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BigBear.ai	$158.24 million	17.09	-$295.55 million	($1.42)	-4.36
SecureAlert	$35.22 million	0.12	-$1.88 million	($0.16)	-2.20

SecureAlert has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BigBear.ai. BigBear.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SecureAlert, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.46, indicating that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SecureAlert has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of SecureAlert shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of SecureAlert shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for BigBear.ai and SecureAlert, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BigBear.ai	1	3	1	0	2.00
SecureAlert	0	0	0	0	0.00

BigBear.ai presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.15%. Given BigBear.ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BigBear.ai is more favorable than SecureAlert.

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services. It serves nation defense and intelligence agencies, border protection, transportation security, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, travel, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

About SecureAlert

Track Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets location tracking devices in the United States, Latin America, and internationally. The company's products include ReliAlert XC4, a GPS monitoring device; and ReliAlert XC 3, which enables agencies to track offender movements and communicate directly with offenders in real-time through on-board two/three-way voice communication technology. It also provides IntelliTrack, a secure state of the art device-agnostic platform; IntelliTrack Mobile, a mobile application of the Intellitrack software is available for Android and iOS devices; TrackerPAL, a cloud-based monitoring system; TrackerPAL Mobile, a mobile application of the TrackerPAL software for Android and iOS devices; data analytics services; and BACtrack, a smartphone-based remote alcohol monitoring system. In addition, the company offers Empower smartphone application that provides victim and survivor support by creating a mobile geo-zone around a survivor of domestic abuse and communicates with the offender's tracking device; Socrates 360, a platform that offers various content and service; SecureCuff steel bands; and RF Beacon, a self-contained and short-range transmitting station that provides a radio frequency signal communicating with assigned offender GPS devices, as well as product support services. Further, the company develops and sells various related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and monitoring applications. The company was formerly known as SecureAlert, Inc. and changed its name to Track Group, Inc. in May 2015. Track Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.