Analyzing TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) and Fobi AI (OTCMKTS:FOBIF)

Fobi AI (OTCMKTS:FOBIF) and TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Fobi AI and TaskUs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fobi AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
TaskUs	7.11%	21.27%	11.34%

Risk & Volatility

Fobi AI has a beta of -0.56, suggesting that its share price is 156% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Fobi AI and TaskUs, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fobi AI	0	0	0	0	0.00
TaskUs	1	5	1	1	2.25

TaskUs has a consensus target price of $16.63, suggesting a potential upside of 65.92%. Given TaskUs’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TaskUs is more favorable than Fobi AI.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Fobi AI and TaskUs”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fobi AI	$2.16 million	4.35	-$8.11 million	($0.03)	-1.33
TaskUs	$994.98 million	0.91	$45.87 million	$0.89	11.26

TaskUs has higher revenue and earnings than Fobi AI. Fobi AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TaskUs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

TaskUs beats Fobi AI on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fobi AI

Fobi AI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology and data intelligence company in North America and Europe. It provides software as a service; consulting and development services; and resells, refers, and licenses its products. The company also offers mobile wallet solutions, digital coupons, and customer insights solutions. It serves various industries, including the hospitality and tourism industries. The company was formerly known as Loop Insights Inc. Fobi AI Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About TaskUs

TaskUs, Inc. provides digital outsourcing services for companies in Philippines, the United States, India, and internationally. It offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through non-voice digital channels; and other solutions, including experience and customer care services for new product or market launches, and customer acquisition solutions. The company also provides trust and safety solutions, such as review and disposition of user and advertiser generated visual, text, and audio content, which include removal or labeling of policy violating, and offensive or misleading content, as well as risk management, compliance, identity management, and fraud services; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, context relevance, and transcription services for training and tuning machine learning algorithms that enables to develop AI systems. It serves clients in various industry segments comprising e-commerce, FinTech, food delivery and ride sharing, gaming, technology, HealthTech, social media, and streaming media. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.