Contrasting Himalaya Technologies (OTCMKTS:HMLA) and SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH)

SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and Himalaya Technologies (OTCMKTS:HMLA) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for SWK and Himalaya Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SWK	0	2	0	0	2.00
Himalaya Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

SWK presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Given SWK’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SWK is more favorable than Himalaya Technologies.

Volatility & Risk

SWK has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himalaya Technologies has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SWK and Himalaya Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SWK	50.37%	9.81%	8.57%
Himalaya Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of SWK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SWK and Himalaya Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SWK	$44.99 million	4.62	$13.49 million	$1.86	9.23
Himalaya Technologies	N/A	N/A	-$580,000.00	N/A	N/A

SWK has higher revenue and earnings than Himalaya Technologies.

Summary

SWK beats Himalaya Technologies on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SWK

SWK Holdings Corporation, offers specialty finance and asset management services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Finance Receivables and Pharmaceutical Development. The Finance Receivables segment provides customized financing solutions to a range of life science companies, including companies in the biotechnology, medical device, medical diagnostics and related tools, animal health, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as institutions and inventors. This segment also offers non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional clients in separately managed accounts to invest in life science finance. The Pharmaceutical Development segment provides customers pharmaceutical development, formulation, and manufacturing services, as well as formulation solutions built around its proprietary oral drug delivery technologies, the Peptelligence platform. It also offers intellectual property licensing business. The company was formerly known as Kana Software, Inc. and changed its name to SWK Holdings Corporation in December 2009. SWK Holdings Corporation was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About Himalaya Technologies

Himalaya Technologies, Inc., a development stage company, provides information services for the cannabis industry in the United States. It operates Kanab.Club, a social site for health and wellness products and services in the cannabis media market. The company was formerly known as Homeland Resources Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.