Reviewing WISeKey International (NASDAQ:WKEY) & Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC)

WISeKey International (NASDAQ:WKEY) and Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for WISeKey International and Hub Cyber Security, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WISeKey International	1	0	2	0	2.33
Hub Cyber Security	1	0	0	0	1.00

WISeKey International currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.39%. Given WISeKey International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe WISeKey International is more favorable than Hub Cyber Security.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares WISeKey International and Hub Cyber Security”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WISeKey International	$11.88 million	5.94	-$13.45 million	N/A	N/A
Hub Cyber Security	$29.56 million	0.14	-$39.76 million	N/A	N/A

WISeKey International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hub Cyber Security.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WISeKey International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hub Cyber Security	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.3% of WISeKey International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of WISeKey International 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.

Risk and Volatility

WISeKey International has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Cyber Security has a beta of -0.91, meaning that its stock price is 191% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WISeKey International beats Hub Cyber Security on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About WISeKey International

WISeKey International Holding AG, a cybersecurity company, provides integrated security solutions in Switzerland, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, IoT and Managed Public Key Infrastructure (mPKI). It offers microcontrollers that provides identity to various connected devices; and mPKI, which include digital identity, certificate management and signing solutions, and trust services, as well as offers digital certificates; software as a service, including cloud-based certificate life-cycle-management and signing and authentication solutions; software licenses; post-contract customer support for cybersecurity applications; and infrastructure hosting and monitoring services. The company also develops, markets, hosts, and supports a range of solutions that enable secure digital identification of people, content, and objects by generating digital identities through its products and services in cybersecurity services, IoT, digital brand management, and mobile security, which enable clients to monetize their existing user bases, as well as expand its eco-system. In addition, it engages in financing, sales, and distribution activities; and sells semiconductors secure chips. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

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.