hopTo (OTCMKTS:HPTO) & Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) Head to Head Analysis

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) and hopTo (OTCMKTS:HPTO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.0% of Diebold Nixdorf shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Diebold Nixdorf shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.0% of hopTo shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Diebold Nixdorf and hopTo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diebold Nixdorf	-0.35%	7.92%	2.20%
hopTo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Diebold Nixdorf has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, hopTo has a beta of 3.21, meaning that its share price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Diebold Nixdorf and hopTo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diebold Nixdorf	1	0	2	1	2.75
hopTo	0	0	0	0	0.00

Diebold Nixdorf presently has a consensus price target of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.62%. Given Diebold Nixdorf’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diebold Nixdorf is more favorable than hopTo.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Diebold Nixdorf and hopTo”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diebold Nixdorf	$3.75 billion	0.57	-$16.50 million	($0.34)	-171.50
hopTo	$3.91 million	0.30	$120,000.00	N/A	N/A

hopTo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diebold Nixdorf.

Summary

Diebold Nixdorf beats hopTo on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated engages in the automating, digitizing, and transforming the way people bank and shop worldwide. It operates through two segments, Banking and Retail. The company offers cash recyclers and dispensers, intelligent deposit terminals, teller automation tools, and kiosk technologies, as well as physical security solutions; and front-end applications for consumer connection points and back-end platforms that manage channel transactions, operations and integration, and facilitate omnichannel transactions, endpoint monitoring, remote asset management, customer marketing, merchandise management, and analytics. It also provides banking product-related services comprising proactive monitoring and rapid resolution of incidents through remote service capabilities or an on-site visit; first- and second-line maintenance, preventive maintenance, and on-demand services; managed and outsourcing services, such as business processes, solution management, upgrades, and transaction processing; and cash management services. In addition, the company offers DN Vynamic software suite to simplify and enhance the consumer experience; modular and integrated point of sale and self-checkout terminals; printers, scales, and mobile scanners; and banknote and coin processing systems, as well as ordering kiosks. Additionally, it provides retail customer's product-related services, such as on-demand and professional services; maintenance and availability services; implementation services; managed mobility services; monitoring and advanced analytics; and store life-cycle management services. The company was formerly known as Diebold, Incorporated and changed its name to Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated in December 2016. Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in North Canton, Ohio.

About hopTo

hopTo Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells application publishing software in the United States, Brazil, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company's application publishing software includes application virtualization and cloud computing software for a range of computer operating systems, including Windows, UNIX, and various Linux-based variants. It provides its application publishing software solutions under the GO-Global brand name. The company offers GO-Global, an application access solution that provides cross-platform remote access and Web-enabled access to existing software applications, as well as the deployment of secure and private cloud environments for use and/or resale by independent software vendors, corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions, and others. Its GO-Global software products comprise GO-Global for Windows that allows access to Windows-based applications from remote locations and Internet connections; GO-Global for UNIX, which allows access to UNIX and Linux-based applications from remote locations, and Internet and connections; and GO-Global Client that allows remote application access from various local, remote, and mobile platforms, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, Apple OS X and iOS, and Google Android. The company sells its products through resellers, such as original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, value-added resellers, and distributors. It serves small to medium-sized companies, departments within large corporations, governmental and educational institutions, and independent software vendors. The company was formerly known as GraphOn Corporation and changed its name to hopTo Inc. in September 2013. hopTo Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire.