Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) & Its Competitors Critical Analysis

Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) is one of 196 public companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Intelligent Protection Management to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” 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 competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Protection Management	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	-16.33%	-154.67%	-3.10%

Risk & Volatility

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s competitors have a beta of 1.81, indicating that their average share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management	$6.34 million	-$1.07 million	-6.09
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	$30.69 billion	$587.10 million	-4.27

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Protection Management	0	0	1	0	3.00
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	1015	6546	13162	346	2.61

Intelligent Protection Management presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 189.86%. As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 16.65%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management competitors beat Intelligent Protection Management on 8 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.