Critical Survey: Cycurion (CYCU) versus Its Rivals

Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) is one of 41 public companies in the “PROTECTION – SFTY” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Cycurion to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Cycurion and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cycurion	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cycurion Competitors	407	698	1119	72	2.37

As a group, “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies have a potential upside of 395.60%. Given Cycurion’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cycurion has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Cycurion has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion’s peers have a beta of 8.42, meaning that their average share price is 742% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Cycurion and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cycurion	N/A	-236.69%	-63.05%
Cycurion Competitors	-36.70%	-32.15%	-5.33%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.6% of Cycurion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of shares of all “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of Cycurion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of shares of all “PROTECTION – SFTY” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cycurion and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cycurion	$17.77 million	$1.23 million	-4.94
Cycurion Competitors	$1.24 billion	$109.95 million	20.70

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

Summary

Cycurion peers beat Cycurion on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Cycurion Company Profile

Cycurion is a global leading provider of Network Communications and Information Technology Security Solutions. Our mission is to develop and deliver world-class, cutting-edge solutions for our clients, regardless of size or complication, expressly optimizing your IT environment to meet the business need and to keep projects on track and on budget.