Contrasting AltiGen Communications (OTCMKTS:ATGN) and Inrad Optics (OTCMKTS:INRD)

Risk & Volatility

Inrad Optics has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AltiGen Communications has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Inrad Optics and AltiGen Communications”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inrad Optics	$12.91 million	1.42	$2.67 million	$0.21	5.19
AltiGen Communications	$13.87 million	0.91	$740,000.00	$0.02	24.38

Inrad Optics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AltiGen Communications. Inrad Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AltiGen Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.0% of Inrad Optics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Inrad Optics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of AltiGen Communications 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.

Profitability

This table compares Inrad Optics and AltiGen Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inrad Optics	27.36%	59.08%	31.72%
AltiGen Communications	5.02%	7.81%	6.70%

Summary

Inrad Optics beats AltiGen Communications on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inrad Optics

Inrad Optics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells glass, crystal, and metal based optical components, and sub-assemblies. The company offers UV-IR optics and assemblies, such as precision custom optics and thin film optical coatings; glass and single crystal substrates; and deposit optical thin films, and assemble sub-components used in advanced photonic systems. It also offers large form factor transmission flats, optical windows for airborne applications, multi-element optical assemblies, lenses, mirrors, polarizing optics, prisms, and wave plates; interferometer and transmission flats; and multi-element optical assemblies. In addition, the company provides X-Ray imaging optics, including bent x-ray monochromators from crystal materials and orientations; and metal substrate optics and assemblies, such as precision aspheres, large and small metal mirrors, low RMS surface finish polished mirrors, reflective Porro prisms, and thermally stable optical mirrors; and void-free gold and electroless nickel plating specialties. Inrad Optics, Inc. exports its products Canada, the Czeck Republic, Germany, Singapore, Europe, Israel, and Japan. The company was formerly known as Photonic Products Group, Inc. and changed its name to Inrad Optics, Inc. in 2012. Inrad Optics, Inc. was incorporated in 1973 and is based in Northvale, New Jersey.

About AltiGen Communications

Altigen Communications, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and supports integrated communications solutions worldwide. It provides MaxCS IP-PBX, a software-based phone system that provides customers with business communications solutions; MaxACD Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Contact Center, a software-based automatic call distribution engine, which offers call routing and call distribution options; MaxMobile that extends a set of business PBX functionality to smart phone devices; and MaxCommunicator, a Windows-based desktop application, which provides call control and visual voice mail management to the desktop. The company offers MaxAgent, a Windows-based desktop application to bring call control and workgroup information to call center agents; MaxSupervisor, a Windows-based desktop application for call center supervisors; and MaxACD for Skype, a call center solution. In addition, it provides hosted services, which include hosted IP PBX, Skype for Business, session initiation protocol trunk, call center solution, voice and video calling, conference calling, and various long-distance services; and software assurance services, which offer customers with software updates, patches, new releases, and technical support for the applications they are licensed to use. The company serves financial services, healthcare, retail, and business services industries through a channel of distributors and resellers. Altigen Communications, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Milpitas, California.