Head to Head Review: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) vs. Its Competitors

Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) is one of 196 public companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Intelligent Protection Management to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management	$1.10 million	-$1.07 million	-5.24
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	$28.96 billion	$590.94 million	5.23

Intelligent Protection Management’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Protection Management. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Protection Management	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	-16.33%	-154.67%	-3.10%

Risk & Volatility

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s competitors have a beta of 1.49, indicating that their average share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Protection Management	0	0	1	0	3.00
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	1006	6486	13069	344	2.61

Intelligent Protection Management presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 237.08%. As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 9.95%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management competitors beat Intelligent Protection Management on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Intelligent Protection Management Company Profile

Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.