Critical Comparison: Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) and Minim (NASDAQ:FIEE)

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rubrik and Minim”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rubrik	$1.32 billion	16.66	-$348.83 million	($1.26)	-83.95
Minim	$8.32 million	0.03	-$17.63 million	($5.30)	-0.59

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

Risk and Volatility

Rubrik has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minim has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Rubrik and Minim, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rubrik	1	0	30	0	2.94
Minim	0	1	0	0	2.00

Rubrik presently has a consensus target price of $118.04, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Given Rubrik’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rubrik is more favorable than Minim.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.5% of Rubrik shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of Minim shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rubrik shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Minim shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Rubrik and Minim’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%
Minim	-105.18%	-1,144.78%	-155.67%

Summary

Rubrik beats Minim on 9 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 Minim

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.