Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) & Similarweb (NYSE:SMWB) Critical Review

Similarweb (NYSE:SMWB) and Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Similarweb has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrusion has a beta of -1.55, suggesting that its share price is 255% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.6% of Similarweb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Intrusion shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Intrusion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Similarweb	-7.37%	-19.81%	-1.74%
Intrusion	-191.24%	-178.06%	-99.59%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Similarweb and Intrusion, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Similarweb	1	5	4	0	2.30
Intrusion	1	2	1	0	2.00

Similarweb presently has a consensus price target of $10.14, suggesting a potential upside of 14.74%. Intrusion has a consensus price target of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 573.08%. Given Intrusion’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intrusion is more favorable than Similarweb.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Similarweb and Intrusion”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Similarweb	$282.60 million	2.74	-$32.94 million	($0.25)	-35.36
Intrusion	$7.09 million	2.70	-$9.06 million	($0.55)	-1.42

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

Summary

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

About Similarweb

Similarweb Ltd. provides cloud-based digital intelligence solutions in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, Israel, and internationally. The company offers digital research intelligence solutions for its customers to benchmark performance against competitors and market leaders, analyze trends in the market, conduct deeper research into specific companies, and analyze audience behavior; and digital marketing intelligence solutions for its customers to understand their competitors' online acquisition strategies in each marketing channel, and optimize their own strategies. It also provides sales intelligence solutions for its customers to access relevant buying signals and digital insights of their customers to generate leads quickly; and shopper intelligence solutions for its customers to analyze a view of their customers' digital journeys, monitor consumer demand, increase brand visibility in the search process, and optimize category and product level conversion in the purchase process. In addition, the company offers investor intelligence solutions for its customers to access an end-to-end view of market, sector, and company performance to ideate and monitor investment opportunities; forecast market performance; and perform due diligence. Further, it provides data-as-a-service and advisory services. The company serves retail, consumer packaged goods, consumer finance, consultancies, marketing and advertising agencies, media and publishers, business-to-business software, payment processors, travel, and institutional investors. Similarweb Ltd. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Givatayim, Israel.

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.