authID (NASDAQ:AUID – Get Free Report) and Sangoma Technologies (NASDAQ:SANG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares authID and Sangoma Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| authID | -728.89% | -180.17% | -145.07% |
| Sangoma Technologies | -2.53% | -1.80% | -1.33% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares authID and Sangoma Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| authID | $890,000.00 | 26.28 | -$14.28 million | ($1.60) | -1.09 |
| Sangoma Technologies | $236.69 million | 0.64 | -$5.01 million | ($0.16) | -28.41 |
Sangoma Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than authID. Sangoma Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than authID, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
8.8% of authID shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Sangoma Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of authID shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for authID and Sangoma Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| authID | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sangoma Technologies | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.75 |
Sangoma Technologies has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 142.02%. Given Sangoma Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sangoma Technologies is more favorable than authID.
Volatility and Risk
authID has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sangoma Technologies has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sangoma Technologies beats authID on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About authID
authID Inc. provides secure, biometric, identity verification, and strong passwordless and biometric authentication for consumer and workforce applications worldwide. The company offers solutions through its Verified platform to enable their users to easily verify and authenticate their identity through a mobile device or desktop. It provides Biometric Identity Verification, which establishes the trusted identity of users based on a variety of ground truth sources, including chip-based electronic machine-readable travel documents, national IDs, and driver's licenses; Human Factor Authentication that delivers trusted FIDO2 strong authentication for device-based passwordless login and transaction authentication that is tied to a trusted identity; Cloud-Based Biometric Multi-Factor Authentication, which provides any bank, enterprise, or government department a secure and convenient application for identity verification and transaction consent as part of any type of electronic transaction; and Identity – Portal that enables enterprises to get started with its identity products without any integration. The company also offers SEARCH, a biometric matching software for desktop fingerprint capture and image processing. The company was formerly known as Ipsidy Inc. and changed its name to authID Inc. authID Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
About Sangoma Technologies
Sangoma Technologies Corporation develops, manufactures, distributes, and supports voice and data connectivity components for software-based communication applications worldwide. The company offers Switchvox, a voice over internet protocol phone system; Switchvox Cloud, a unified communications solution, as well as provides cloud communication solutions. It offers SIP Trunking, a telephone service for one or multiple locations; PBXact Cloud, a centralized internet based solution; Asterisk and FreePBX, an open source IP PBX software; and FAXStation, a fax-over-IP solution. In addition, the company provides desk phone, DECT phones, and headset related products. Further, it offers VoIP gateways, session border controllers, telephony card, and managed service provider services. Sangoma Technologies Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.
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