Reviewing Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) & The Competition

Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) is one of 273 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Intelligent Protection Management to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s peers have a beta of 2.13, indicating that their average stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management	$25.19 million	-$1.96 million	-5.54
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	$3.31 billion	$226.41 million	-26.81

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Protection Management	-14.80%	-21.13%	-13.41%
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	-189.50%	-36.20%	-8.50%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Intelligent Protection Management and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Protection Management	1	1	0	0	1.50
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	1982	5641	9413	345	2.47

As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.20%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intelligent Protection Management has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management peers beat Intelligent Protection Management on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Intelligent Protection Management Company Profile

Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.