Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) and Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) Critical Contrast

Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) and Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.5% of Rubrik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Intrusion shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rubrik shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Intrusion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Rubrik and Intrusion, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rubrik	1	0	28	0	2.93
Intrusion	1	2	1	0	2.00

Rubrik currently has a consensus price target of $114.42, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. Intrusion has a consensus price target of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 638.71%. Given Intrusion’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intrusion is more favorable than Rubrik.

Profitability

This table compares Rubrik and Intrusion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rubrik	-16.50%	N/A	-8.45%
Intrusion	-191.24%	-178.06%	-99.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rubrik and Intrusion”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rubrik	$1.32 billion	17.25	-$348.83 million	($1.26)	-86.90
Intrusion	$7.09 million	2.46	-$9.06 million	($0.55)	-1.29

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

Risk and Volatility

Rubrik has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrusion has a beta of -1.55, meaning that its share price is 255% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rubrik beats Intrusion on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rubrik

Rubrik, Inc. provides data security solutions to individuals and businesses worldwide. The company offers enterprise data protection, unstructured data protection, cloud data protection, and SaaS data protection solutions; data threat analytics; data security posture; and cyber recovery solutions. It serves financial, retail, trade, transportation, energy, industrial, healthcare and life science, education, technology, media, communications, and public sectors. Rubrik, Inc. was formerly known as Scaledata, Inc. and changed its name to Rubrik, Inc. in October 2014. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

About Intrusion

Intrusion Inc., a cybersecurity company in the United States. The company offers its customers access to threat intelligence database, which contains the historical data, known associations, and reputational behavior of Internet Protocol addresses. It offers INTRUSION Shield, a zero trust reputation-based Software as a Service solution that inspects and kills dangerous network connections. The company also provides INTRUSION TraceCop, a big data tool that contains an inventory of network selectors and enrichments to support forensic investigations; and INTRUSION Savant, a network monitoring solution that uses the data available in TraceCop to identify suspicious traffic in real-time. In addition, it engages in the provision of pre-and post-sales support services, such as network security design, system installation, and technical consulting services. The company serves US federal government entities, state and local government entities, and companies ranging from mid-market to large enterprises through a direct sales force and value-added resellers. The company was formerly known as Intrusion.com, Inc. and changed its name to Intrusion Inc. in November 2001. Intrusion Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.