Financial Contrast: Pcs Edventures!.Com (OTCMKTS:PCSV) & Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX)

Pcs Edventures!.Com (OTCMKTS:PCSV) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Pcs Edventures!.Com and Vertex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pcs Edventures!.Com	1.75%	1.26%	1.08%
Vertex	-7.32%	26.84%	5.05%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.3% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Pcs Edventures!.Com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.3% of Vertex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Pcs Edventures!.Com and Vertex, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pcs Edventures!.Com	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vertex	1	4	12	0	2.65

Vertex has a consensus target price of $32.40, indicating a potential upside of 64.47%. Given Vertex’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vertex is more favorable than Pcs Edventures!.Com.

Volatility and Risk

Pcs Edventures!.Com has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pcs Edventures!.Com and Vertex”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pcs Edventures!.Com	$7.42 million	2.01	$950,000.00	N/A	N/A
Vertex	$666.78 million	4.71	-$52.73 million	($0.35)	-56.29

Pcs Edventures!.Com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vertex.

Summary

Vertex beats Pcs Edventures!.Com on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pcs Edventures!.Com

PCS Edventures!, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes technology-based educational products and services to the pre-kindergarten through university classroom, the K-12 afterschool, the private learning center, and the home school markets in the United States and internationally. Its products include PCS Edventures! Labs, a learning center that offers teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and PCS BrickLab, a system of building blocks combined with PCS curriculum resources that address technology, math, construction engineering, communication, and science principles. The company also provides PCS Digital Media Labs, which contains lesson plans, a hard cover mobile case, digital cameras, camcorders or voice recorders, accessories, and a teacher guide; and PCS Academy of Engineering Lab, a STEM based program that is designed for use in tech-ed programs and for various environments through 10 student modules, such as hardware, software, lab furniture, and curriculum. In addition, it offers PCS Edventures Robotics system, a platform that provides various robotics lab implementations to its RiQ robot kits for home users, as well as engages students in various areas, including computer programming, physics, math, and other topics; PCS Discover STEM Lab, a modular program that provides activities for afterschool facilitators in the areas of STEM; summer camp packages, which offer summer camp solutions for schools and afterschool programs; and Riot, a racing drone product. PCS Edventures!, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Boise, Idaho.

About Vertex

Vertex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise tax technology solutions for retail trade, wholesale trade, and manufacturing industries in the United States and internationally. The company offers tax determination; compliance and reporting, including workflow management tools, role-based security, and event logging; tax data management; document management; analytics and insights; pre-built integration that includes mapping data fields, and business logic and configurations; industry-specific solutions; and technology specific solutions, such as chain flow accelerator and SAP-specific tools. It provides implementation services, such as configuration, data migration and implementation, and support and training; and managed services, including tax return preparation, filing and tax payment, and notice management. The company sells its software products through software licenses and software as a service subscription. Vertex, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.