Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) and SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) Critical Survey

SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) and Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of SoundThinking shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SoundThinking and Hub Cyber Security”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SoundThinking	$102.03 million	1.09	-$9.18 million	($0.84)	-10.46
Hub Cyber Security	$29.56 million	0.11	-$39.76 million	N/A	N/A

SoundThinking has higher revenue and earnings than Hub Cyber Security.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for SoundThinking and Hub Cyber Security, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundThinking	1	3	4	0	2.38
Hub Cyber Security	1	0	0	0	1.00

SoundThinking currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 89.61%. Given SoundThinking’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than Hub Cyber Security.

Profitability

This table compares SoundThinking and Hub Cyber Security’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundThinking	-10.44%	-14.57%	-7.91%
Hub Cyber Security	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

SoundThinking has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Cyber Security has a beta of -0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 191% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SoundThinking beats Hub Cyber Security on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SoundThinking

SoundThinking, Inc., a public safety technology company that provides transformative solutions and strategic advisory services for law enforcement and civic leadership. Its SafetySmart Platform, an integrated suite of data-driven tools that enable law enforcement and community violence prevention and health organizations to be efficient in public safety outcomes. It offers ShotSpotter, an acoustic gunshot detection system; CrimeTracer, a law enforcement search engine; CaseBuilder, an investigation management system; and ResourceRouter, a software that directs patrol and community anti-violence resources to help maximize their impact. The company sells its solutions through its direct sales teams. The company was formerly known as ShotSpotter, Inc. and changed its name to SoundThinking, Inc. in April 2023. SoundThinking, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Hub Cyber Security

HUB Cyber Security Ltd. provides cyber security solutions in Israel and internationally. The company offers HUB Secure File Vault, a super charged managed file transfer backed by dedicated hardware driven security, which creates a secure enclave to protect the organization's data driven workflows; HUB Guard, a recurring security assessment, continuous network, and infrastructure monitoring and analysis, and planned incident response; D.Storm, a powerful SaaS DDoS simulation platform; RAM Commander, a software tool for reliability prediction and analysis, reliability block diagram, Markov chains analysis, maintainability prediction, spares optimization, FMEA/FMECA, testability, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, and safety assessment; and Safety Commander designs to evaluate the safety of highly integrated systems in a model-based design environment. It also provides complementary trusted advisory and professional service facilitating cyber risk assessment, cyber risk mitigation, cyber incident response, quality reliability, and safety of critical systems. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.