Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) versus Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) Critical Contrast

Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) and Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Senstar Technologies has a beta of 3.03, indicating that its stock price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Cyber Security has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Senstar Technologies and Hub Cyber Security’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Senstar Technologies	12.83%	12.02%	9.18%
Hub Cyber Security	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.8% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Senstar Technologies and Hub Cyber Security”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Senstar Technologies	$35.75 million	1.90	$2.64 million	$0.20	14.55
Hub Cyber Security	$29.56 million	0.00	-$39.76 million	N/A	N/A

Senstar Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hub Cyber Security.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Senstar Technologies and Hub Cyber Security, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Senstar Technologies	0	1	0	0	2.00
Hub Cyber Security	1	0	0	0	1.00

Summary

Senstar Technologies beats Hub Cyber Security on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Senstar Technologies

Senstar Technologies Corporation provides physical, video, and access control security products and solutions worldwide. It offers solutions for critical sites, which leverage its portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection systems, and video management software with intelligent video analytics security solutions, as well as access control products and technologies. The company's solutions and products are optimized for perimeter, outdoor, and general security applications. Its portfolio of critical infrastructure protection and site protection technologies includes various smart barriers and fences, fence mounted sensors, virtual gates, buried and concealed detection systems, and sensors for sub-surface intrusion, such as to secure pipelines, as well as video analytics software and video management systems. Senstar Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

About Hub Cyber Security

HUB Cyber Security Ltd. provides cyber security solutions in Israel and internationally. The company offers HUB Secure File Vault, a super charged managed file transfer backed by dedicated hardware driven security, which creates a secure enclave to protect the organization's data driven workflows; HUB Guard, a recurring security assessment, continuous network, and infrastructure monitoring and analysis, and planned incident response; D.Storm, a powerful SaaS DDoS simulation platform; RAM Commander, a software tool for reliability prediction and analysis, reliability block diagram, Markov chains analysis, maintainability prediction, spares optimization, FMEA/FMECA, testability, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, and safety assessment; and Safety Commander designs to evaluate the safety of highly integrated systems in a model-based design environment. It also provides complementary trusted advisory and professional service facilitating cyber risk assessment, cyber risk mitigation, cyber incident response, quality reliability, and safety of critical systems. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.