Intrusion (INTZ) vs. Its Competitors Critical Review

Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) is one of 959 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Intrusion to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Intrusion and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intrusion	1	2	1	0	2.00
Intrusion Competitors	5842	21623	45017	1501	2.57

Intrusion presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 1,106.90%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.77%. Given Intrusion’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intrusion is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.4% of Intrusion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Intrusion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Intrusion and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intrusion	-191.24%	-178.06%	-99.59%
Intrusion Competitors	-599.60%	26.31%	-8.93%

Volatility and Risk

Intrusion has a beta of -1.61, meaning that its share price is 261% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrusion’s competitors have a beta of 1.35, meaning that their average share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Intrusion and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intrusion	$7.09 million	-$9.06 million	-0.79
Intrusion Competitors	$1.79 billion	$382.68 million	112.26

Intrusion’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Intrusion. Intrusion 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.

Summary

Intrusion competitors beat Intrusion on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Intrusion Company Profile

Intrusion, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ) is a cybersecurity company that develops solutions designed to help organizations identify, investigate and respond to cyber threats. Its offerings combine network monitoring, threat intelligence and security analytics to provide visibility into potentially malicious activity across enterprise environments. The company is known for its proprietary threat intelligence capabilities, including databases that associate internet protocol addresses with information about online activity and potential threats.