Analyzing American Noble Gas (NYSE:INFY) and SecureAlert (OTCMKTS:TRCK)

SecureAlert (OTCMKTS:TRCK) and American Noble Gas (NYSE:INFY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for SecureAlert and American Noble Gas, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SecureAlert	0	0	0	0	0.00
American Noble Gas	1	7	2	0	2.10

American Noble Gas has a consensus target price of $16.89, suggesting a potential upside of 22.17%. Given American Noble Gas’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Noble Gas is more favorable than SecureAlert.

Profitability

This table compares SecureAlert and American Noble Gas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SecureAlert	1.80%	-33.67%	10.00%
American Noble Gas	16.16%	30.60%	19.26%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

5.8% of SecureAlert shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of American Noble Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of SecureAlert shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of American Noble Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SecureAlert and American Noble Gas”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SecureAlert	$35.22 million	0.17	-$1.88 million	$0.05	9.96
American Noble Gas	$19.28 billion	2.90	$3.16 billion	$0.77	17.95

American Noble Gas has higher revenue and earnings than SecureAlert. SecureAlert is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Noble Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

SecureAlert has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Noble Gas has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Noble Gas beats SecureAlert on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About American Noble Gas

Infosys Ltd. is a digital services and consulting company, which engages in the provision of end-to-end business solutions. It operates through the following segments: Financial Services, Retail, Communication, Energy, Utilities, Resources, and Services, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Life Sciences, and All Other. The company was founded by Dinesh Krishnan Swamy, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Narayana Ramarao Nagavara Murthy, Raghavan N. S., Ashok Arora, Nandan M. Nilekani, and S. D. Shibulal on July 2, 1981 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.