Head-To-Head Contrast: Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) vs. VerifyMe (NASDAQ:VRME)

Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) and VerifyMe (NASDAQ:VRME) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.2% of Freight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of VerifyMe shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Freight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of VerifyMe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Freight Technologies and VerifyMe”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freight Technologies	$13.06 million	0.13	-$7.90 million	($872.50)	-0.00
VerifyMe	$11.10 million	1.05	-$4.91 million	($4.00)	-2.22

VerifyMe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freight Technologies. VerifyMe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freight Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Freight Technologies has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VerifyMe has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Freight Technologies and VerifyMe, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freight Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
VerifyMe	1	1	1	0	2.00

VerifyMe has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 68.69%. Given VerifyMe’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VerifyMe is more favorable than Freight Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Freight Technologies and VerifyMe’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freight Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
VerifyMe	-47.08%	-17.16%	-14.63%

Summary

VerifyMe beats Freight Technologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freight Technologies

Freight Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates a transportation logistics technology platform for cross-border shipping in the United States and Mexico. Its Fr8App technology platform offers an online portal and a mobile application that provide third-party logistics services to companies in the freight transportation market; a transport management solution for customers to manage their own fleet; and freight brokerage support and customer services based on the platform. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

About VerifyMe

VerifyMe, Inc., together with its subsidiary, PeriShip Global, LLC, operates as a technology solutions provider that specializes in products to connect brands with consumers and providing brands with end-to-end logistics management for their products. The company operates through two segments, VerifyMe Solutions and PeriShip Global Solutions. The VerifyMe Solutions segment offers technology solutions to connect brands with consumers allowing brand owners to gather business intelligence while engaging directly with their consumers. Its solutions provide brand protection and supply chain functions, such as counterfeit prevention, traceability, consumer engagement solutions, and authentication for labels, packaging, and products, as well as tamper-proof labels. The PeriShip Global Solutions segment offers predictive analytics for optimizing delivery of time and temperature sensitive perishable products. This segment's products include PeriTrack customer dashboard, an integrated web portal tool gives its customers an in-depth look at their shipping activities based on real-time data. It also provides call center, pre-transit, post-delivery, and weather/traffic services. The company has a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company. The company was formerly known as LaserLock Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to VerifyMe, Inc. in July 2015. VerifyMe, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida.