Financial Review: Minim (FIEE) and Its Rivals

Minim (NASDAQ:FIEE) is one of 958 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Minim to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Minim and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minim	1	0	0	0	1.00
Minim Competitors	5521	21153	44175	1458	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 283.04%. Given Minim’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Minim has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

56.6% of Minim shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of Minim shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by 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

Minim has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minim’s peers have a beta of 1.19, meaning that their average stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Minim and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minim	-105.18%	-1,144.78%	-155.67%
Minim Competitors	-628.30%	26.35%	-9.06%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Minim and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minim	$8.32 million	-$17.63 million	-0.73
Minim Competitors	$1.81 billion	$387.49 million	105.23

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

Summary

Minim peers beat Minim on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Minim Company Profile

Minim, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, delivers intelligent networking products that connects homes and offices in North America and internationally. It offers hardware products, including cable modems, cable modem/routers, gateways, mobile broadband modems, wireless routers, routers, multimedia over coax adapters, mesh home networking devices, mesh systems, and other local area network products. The company also provides Minim mobile applications for end users to personalize and monitor their home and office network for speed testing, data usage tracking, security alerts, malware blocking, privacy settings, and parental controls; and Minim web application that enables technical support representatives of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and businesses to offer remote support with network insights. In addition, it offers Minim API suite and MinimOS for third-party hardware vendors, ISPs, and other partners to integrate with the Minim platform and functionality; to manage its account data; and to integrate with third-party router firmware. The company offers its products under the ZOOM, Motorola, and Minim brands. It sells its products through retailers and e-commerce channels. The company was formerly known as ZoomTelephonics, Inc. and changed its name to Minim, Inc. in June 2021. Minim, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire.