CommVault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT – Get Free Report) and BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for CommVault Systems and BIO-key International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CommVault Systems | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2.57 |
| BIO-key International | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
CommVault Systems currently has a consensus price target of $152.62, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given CommVault Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CommVault Systems is more favorable than BIO-key International.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CommVault Systems | 5.62% | 88.75% | 5.59% |
| BIO-key International | -50.01% | -67.31% | -40.28% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
93.5% of CommVault Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of BIO-key International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CommVault Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of BIO-key International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CommVault Systems and BIO-key International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CommVault Systems | $1.18 billion | 5.10 | $70.66 million | $1.57 | 92.82 |
| BIO-key International | $6.09 million | 0.58 | -$7.16 million | ($4.11) | -0.60 |
CommVault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than BIO-key International. BIO-key International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommVault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
CommVault Systems has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BIO-key International has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CommVault Systems beats BIO-key International on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CommVault Systems
Commvault Systems, Inc. provides data protection platform that helps customers to secure, defend, and recover their data in the United States and internationally. The company offers Commvault Backup and Recovery, a backup and recovery solution; Commvault Disaster Recovery, a replication and disaster recovery solution; Commvault Complete Data Protection, a data protection solution; and Metallic Data Protection as-a-service, which delivers enterprise-grade data protection as a service on a cloud platform, with advanced built-in security controls. It also provides Commvault HyperScale X, an easy-to-deploy scale-out solution; and Metallic Recovery Reserve, an easy button to adopt secure and scalable cloud storage in minutes. In addition, the company provides technology consulting, Ransomware recovery, education, and remote managed services. Further, it sells appliances that integrate the software with hardware for use in a range of business needs and use cases; and offers customer support, consulting, assessment and design, and installation services, as well as customer education and as-a-service under the Metallic brand. The company sells its products and services directly through its sales force, and indirectly through its network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, corporate resellers, and original equipment manufacturers to large enterprises, small or med-sized businesses, and government agencies. It supports customers in a range of industries, including banking, insurance and financial services, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical services, technology, legal, manufacturing, utilities, and energy. Commvault Systems, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.
About BIO-key International
BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.
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