Financial Comparison: Orbit International (OTCMKTS:ORBT) and Surge Component (OTCMKTS:SPRS)

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Surge Component and Orbit International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Surge Component	$36.32 million	0.62	$1.14 million	$0.23	16.70
Orbit International	$22.45 million	0.60	-$5.03 million	($1.32)	-2.88

Surge Component has higher revenue and earnings than Orbit International. Orbit International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Surge Component, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Surge Component has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orbit International has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Surge Component and Orbit International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surge Component	3.53%	6.24%	4.85%
Orbit International	-19.24%	-34.08%	-19.85%

Summary

Surge Component beats Orbit International on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Surge Component

Surge Components, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, supplies electronic products and components. It offers capacitors, which are electrical energy storage devices; and discrete semiconductor components, such as rectifiers, transistors, diodes, circuit protection devices, and audible components comprising audible transducers, Piezo buzzers, speakers, and microphones. The company also provides resonators, alarms, chimes, filters, and discriminators, as well as fuses, printed circuit boards, and switches. Its products are used in the electronic circuitry of various industries, including automotive, computer, communications, cellular telephones, consumer electronics, garage door openers, security equipment, audio equipment, telecom products, computer related products, power supply products, utility meters, and household appliances. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and distributors through independent sales representatives or organizations in Canada, China, other Asian countries, South America, and Europe. Surge Components, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Deer Park, New York.

About Orbit International

Orbit International Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of electronic components and subsystems, and commercial and custom power units for prime contractors, government procurement agencies, and research and development laboratories worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Electronics Group and Power Group. The Electronics Group segment designs, manufactures, and sells customized electronic components and subsystems. This segment offers remote control units, intercommunication panels, displays, keyboards, keypads and pointing devices, operator control trays, and command display units, as well as provides LCD display modules, military simulation and training bezels, electronic control assemblies, and multi-function displays design and enhancement services. The Power Group segment designs and manufactures commercial power units, AC power, frequency converters, uninterruptible power supplies, armament systems, and commercial-off-the-shelf power solutions, as well as inverters. The company was formerly known as Orbit Instrument Corp. and changed its name to Orbit International Corp. in July 1991. Orbit International Corp. was founded in 1957 and is based in Hauppauge, New York.