Casio Computer (OTCMKTS:CSIOY) vs. BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI) Head-To-Head Analysis

BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI) and Casio Computer (OTCMKTS:CSIOY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for BIO-key International and Casio Computer, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BIO-key International	1	0	0	0	1.00
Casio Computer	0	0	0	0	0.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.5% of BIO-key International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of BIO-key International shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares BIO-key International and Casio Computer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BIO-key International	-70.23%	-73.33%	-43.89%
Casio Computer	4.89%	4.06%	2.68%

Volatility & Risk

BIO-key International has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casio Computer has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BIO-key International and Casio Computer”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BIO-key International	$6.93 million	1.13	-$4.30 million	($1.04)	-0.70
Casio Computer	$1.72 billion	1.35	$53.22 million	$3.71	26.33

Casio Computer has higher revenue and earnings than BIO-key International. BIO-key International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casio Computer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Casio Computer beats BIO-key International on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BIO-key International

BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.

About Casio Computer

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. develops, produces, and sells consumer, system equipment, and other products. The company operates in Timepieces, Consumer, System Equipment, and Other segments. It offers timepieces, electronic dictionaries, calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments, handheld terminals, cash registers, management support systems, data projectors, formed parts, and molds products. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.